{"id":133215,"date":"2024-12-04T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133215"},"modified":"2024-12-04T13:11:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:11:55","slug":"california-democrat-flips-seat-in-the-last-house-race-to-be-decided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133215","title":{"rendered":"California Democrat Flips Seat in the Last House Race to Be Decided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Adam Gray, a Democratic former state lawmaker in California, defeated U.S. Representative John Duarte, the Republican incumbent, in a House contest finally decided on Tuesday, nearly a month after Election Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The contest in California\u2019s vast agricultural heartland, the Central Valley, was the last House race to be determined, giving Democrats 215 seats compared with 220 for Republicans. Though Republicans won more than the 218 seats necessary to control the House, President-elect Trump wants two House members to serve in his administration, and a third, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/21\/us\/politics\/matt-gaetz-withdraws-trump-attorney-general.html\" title=\"\">Matt Gaetz<\/a>, resigned his seat this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Duarte conceded on Tuesday, according to Duane Dichiara, a campaign spokesman. The congressman trailed by 187 votes in a contest in which more than 210,000 were cast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Gray declared victory on Tuesday evening, two days before counties in California were required to certify their results. The Associated Press had not yet called the race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe final results confirm this district is ready for independent and accountable leadership that always puts the Valley\u2019s people ahead of partisan politics,\u201d Mr. Gray <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamGrayCA\/status\/1864120626782371866\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Gray\u2019s win was a reversal of the 2022 race in the 13th Congressional District, when Mr. Duarte beat him by the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/voter-guide\/article292308744.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">second-smallest margin<\/a> in any House race that year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">California notably takes longer to tabulate votes because elections officials are flooded with mail-in ballots that must be inspected and verified. The state gives county offices weeks to complete their tallies and reach out to voters whose ballots may lack a proper signature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/californias-13th-district-house-of-representatives\/103-14368b0d-de9f-437b-9aad-2df70f7587a6\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">initial election night count<\/a>, Mr. Duarte led by more than 3,000 votes. But Mr. Gray steadily chipped away at that lead in subsequent updates until he went ahead for the first time on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Both Mr. Duarte, an agricultural businessman, and Mr. Gray, who touts his early years working at his family\u2019s dairy supply store, campaigned on their advocacy for the region\u2019s farmers and their ability to be a bipartisan voice in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They also both called for investing in water infrastructure in the Central Valley and pledged to ensure that the region\u2019s growers have access to water as the state plans for future droughts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While Mr. Gray has emphasized endorsements from local law enforcement officials, Mr. Duarte told a local television station that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/californias-closest-2022-congressional-race-rematch\/103-8ed47c4c-6adf-4abf-8eb7-54d3aa148b84\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he was a \u201cpro-choice Republican<\/a>\u201d who supports women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Though Democrats lost the House, they had eyed the seat as one of the most promising to flip in the country, and they helped Mr. Gray rake in millions of dollars to unseat Mr. Duarte. About 41 percent of voters in the district are registered Democrats, while about 29 percent are Republicans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Gray had raised $5.4 million and Mr. Duarte $4.1 million, according to campaign finance filings through Oct. 16. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee also spent $1.7 million on the race, records showed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/04\/us\/politics\/california-house-gray-duarte.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Gray, a Democratic former state lawmaker in California, defeated U.S. Representative John Duarte, the Republican incumbent, in a House contest finally decided on Tuesday, nearly a month after Election &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133215\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}