GOP wins California special election
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Republicans have won a special election for Congress in Southern California, reclaiming a suburban House seat that they lost to Democrats in the 2018 midterms.
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Democrat Christy Smith, a state assemblywoman, conceded defeat to Republican Mike Garcia Wednesday afternoon, one day after the closely watched special election runoff for the seat vacated by former Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.), who resigned last year.
"We believe that the current tally shows Mike Garcia is the likely victor in the May 12 special election," she said in a statement. "As such, I'd like to congratulate him."
Garcia, a former Naval aviator, currently leads Smith, 56 percent to 44 percent, with an unknown number of ballots left to be counted.
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Sorry about your bad feelings, but, I guess you didn't know, there are several Republicans who are elected here in California, both state officials and US Congress. That we now have one more is good, as we don't want an echo chamber from either side representing California.
I've lived here for many years. I lean left, hard, but it didn't stop me from voting for the republican in state elections, twice.
Same here. I vote for the person and their qualifications for the position they are running for, not for any political party. I was a registered Republican for many years before the Tea Party took it over and it went to Hell and stayed there.
And no...I'm not a member of the Democrat party either. They have the same requirements as the Republicans to get my vote.
That glosses over the facts a little. She resigned because nude pictures of her were published and she was alleged to have had romantic relationships and made sexual advances with a campaign and/or congressional staffers, violations of House ethics rules. She admitted to some of these allegations and denied others.
I think all this was happening either before or during her divorce proceedings.
That might have had something to do with the district voters souring on the change in party so quickly.