Your guide to California’s Congressional District 41 race: Rep. Ken Calvert vs. Will Rollins
2 years, 1 month ago

Your guide to California’s Congressional District 41 race: Rep. Ken Calvert vs. Will Rollins

LA Times  

Calvert, a Corona native, is the longest-serving GOP member of California’s congressional delegation. He has also secured funding for local transportation projects and the region’s military facilities. Seeing politicians spread lies about purported voter fraud and attempts to overturn the last election spurred him to run for office, he added. The Calvert campaign aims to portray Rollins as a carpetbagger, noting that he first voted in Riverside County in June.

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Republican Rep. Ken Calvert reelected in Riverside County, beating Democratic challenger Will Rollins
1 month, 1 week ago

Republican Rep. Ken Calvert reelected in Riverside County, beating Democratic challenger Will Rollins

LA Times  

Rep. Ken Calvert, the longest-serving Republican member of California’s congressional delegation, will return to the U.S. House of Representatives next year after defeating Democrat Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, in a hotly contested race to represent a Riverside County swing district. Calvert’s narrow victory comes amid a decisive rightward shift in American politics, with voters sending President-elect Donald Trump …

Race too close to call for Calvert and Rollins in California’s 41st Congressional District
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Race too close to call for Calvert and Rollins in California’s 41st Congressional District

LA Times  

The highly competitive U.S. House race in Riverside County between Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, the longest-serving GOP member of California’s congressional delegation, and Democrat Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, was too close to call on election night. The race between Calvert and Rollins to represent California’s 41st Congressional District, which stretches from the sprawling city of Corona to the …

National party leaders descend on California, where voters could determine control of Congress
2 months, 1 week ago

National party leaders descend on California, where voters could determine control of Congress

LA Times  

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries campaigns with George Whitesides, the Democrat running against Republican Rep. Mike Garcia, at a union hall in Palmdale on Sunday morning. And he decided to come to the Antelope Valley.” Two hours later in Riverside County, House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared at a rally with incumbent Rep. Ken Calvert, seeking to bolster Republican enthusiasm in …

Veteran Republican congressman’s reign in Riverside County under siege
6 months, 1 week ago

Veteran Republican congressman’s reign in Riverside County under siege

LA Times  

For decades, Rep. Ken Calvert, 71, presided comfortably over this corner of the Inland Empire. Will Rollins’ candidacy in California’s 41st District was made viable by redistricting changes the year prior that swapped Republican havens like Temecula and Murrieta for a swath of the Coachella Valley that included overwhelmingly liberal Palm Springs, home to one of the largest concentrations of …

LGBTQ+ culture wars surface in heated Riverside County congressional race
1 year, 4 months ago

LGBTQ+ culture wars surface in heated Riverside County congressional race

LA Times  

The rematch between Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, left, and Democratic rival Will Rollins is drawing attention across the nation. What could have been a routine vote in Congress to approve transportation funding has become a culture war flashpoint in one of the nation’s most competitive House races — the fight for a Riverside County seat, with GOP Rep. Ken Calvert …

California wins leave GOP poised to seize US House control
2 years, 1 month ago

California wins leave GOP poised to seize US House control

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Two threatened U.S. House Republicans in California triumphed over Democratic challengers Monday, helping move the GOP within a seat of seizing control of the chamber while a string of congressional races in the state remained in play. In Orange County, one of the state’s marquee races tightened when an updated vote tally showed Republican Scott Baugh slashing …

Republican Rep. Ken Calvert defeats Democrat Will Rollins to hold Riverside County seat
2 years, 1 month ago

Republican Rep. Ken Calvert defeats Democrat Will Rollins to hold Riverside County seat

LA Times  

Rep. Ken Calvert, the longest-serving Republican member of California’s congressional delegation, won reelection in Riverside County despite being drawn into a less favorable district during the decennial reconfiguring of congressional maps. Calvert beat Democrat Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, in a district that became much more competitive this year, in part because of the inclusion of one of the …

‘A real twist’: GOP congressman with anti-LGBTQ past tries to win over gay Palm Springs voters
2 years, 5 months ago

‘A real twist’: GOP congressman with anti-LGBTQ past tries to win over gay Palm Springs voters

LA Times  

GOP Rep. Ken Calvert, left, is facing a challenge from Democrat Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, in the 41st Congressional District in Riverside County. “It’s poetic justice,” said Sam Garrett-Pate, a Los Angeles-based spokesman for Equality California, a nonprofit that supports LGBTQ rights and has endorsed Rollins. Calvert’s campaign responded by sending voters hot pink and lavender mailers that …

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