California Democrats crush GOP opponents in first test of new district maps
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Set us as preferred California Democrats dominated in pivotal congressional races in Tuesday’s election, soundly defeating or holding commanding leads over Republican candidates from the state’s northern redwood forests to the Mexican border.The election marked the first test of California’s new congressional district lines approved under Proposition 50 in 2025, a counterpunch to President Trump’s push to get Republican-led states to redraw their electoral maps to keep Democrats from gaining control of the U.S.House of Representatives — a GOP effort that flopped in spectacular fashion Tuesday.“We fought fire with fire,” Gov.
Gavin Newsom said on X on Wednesday.“And won.”In the Central Valley, voters swept out Republican David Valadao, a longtime incumbent and dairy farmer in the San Joaquin Valley who batted away Democratic challengers for years.
Valadao lost to Democrat Randy Villegas, a professor and school board member who was endorsed by Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and is aligned with the Working Families Party.
Politics Voters handed the Democrats commanding control of Congress, putting a powerful check on President Trump during his final two years in office.In Northern California, Republican-turned-independent Rep.Kevin Kiley lost to former state Sen.
Richard Pan, a Democrat, for a newly suburban and rural seat in and around Sacramento.And in Southern California, Democrat Marni von Wilpert beat out a Republican candidate for a new district stretching across San Diego and Riverside counties.
Parts of the district previously had been represented by Republican Rep.Darrell Issa, a longtime politician who opted not to seek reelection.Tuesday’s wins in California were part of a national trend, with Democrats seizing control of the U.S.
House of Representatives, the Senate and several governor seats.As ...