GOP pins hopes on 4 California congressional district seats
LA TimesAs the results continue to roll in, Republicans remain locked in tight races for four key California congressional seats lost to Democrats in 2018 as they seek to turn around their party’s diminished influence in the Golden State. In the tri-county 39th Congressional District, former Assemblywoman Young Kim, a Republican, was in a close rematch with Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros. Likewise, supporters of Democratic Assemblywoman Christy Smith hoped that voter anger at Trump would propel her to victory over Republican Rep. Mike Garcia in the race for Congressional District 25. Another closely watched race is Congressional District 21 in the Central Valley, where Democratic Rep. T.J. Cox is being challenged by the politician he narrowly unseated in 2018, former Republican Rep. David Valadao. In all, the Republican Party lost seven California congressional districts amid a 2018 anti-Trump blue wave that helped Democrats retake the U.S. House of Representatives.