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LOS ANGELES (AP) – The latest on the midterm election in California.
10:11 p.m.
California Rep. Devin Nunes has been easily re-elected.
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and close ally of President Donald Trump outdistanced Democrat Andrew Janz in the Republican-friendly 22nd District.
Nunes had depicted Janz as a favorite of the Democratic liberal wing.
Janz, a prosecutor, said he entered the race after what he called “ethical lapses” by the incumbent. His supporters, many from outside California, were eager to take down one of Trump’s key supporters and poured millions into the race.
Trump carried the district in 2016 while losing California by 4 million votes.
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10:04 p.m.
Democrats’ total dominance of the state Legislature likely comes down to a single Senate seat, where the race is too close to call in early returns.
Republicans are trying to retain the seat being given up by termed-out Sen. Anthony Cannella in California’s Central Valley.
Democrats are pinning their hopes in Tuesday’s election on Assemblywoman Anna Caballero while Republicans fielded Madera County Supervisor Rob Poythress. The contest remains tight with about 87,000 votes counted.
Democrats need 27 votes for a two-thirds majority in the 40-member Senate, and have 26. They need 54 votes in the 80-member Assembly, and have 55.
Two key Assembly contests in Bakersfield and Riverside County also remained close. Democrats are expected to maintain their supermajority in the chamber.
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9:56 p.m.
Californians are leaning against borrowing nearly $9 billion for California water projects in a state where water scarcity often pits city dwellers, farmers, anglers and environmentalists against one another.
About 53 percent of voters are opposing Proposition 3 Tuesday, with about 3.6 million votes counted.
The bond measure would set aside money for storage and dam repairs, watershed and fisheries improvements, and habitat protection and restoration.
Much of the $8.9 billion is earmarked for conservancies and state parks to restore and protect watersheds, and to nonprofits and local agencies for river parkways.
There also is money for providing safe drinking water.
The measure is backed by agricultural and water associations and groups devoted to conserving wetlands, fish and wildlife.
Opponents say it benefits special interests while siphoning money from other programs.
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9:47 p.m.
A measure requiring all eggs sold in California come from cage-free hens by 2022 is leading in early returns.
Proposition 12 had about 59 percent of the vote after polls closed Tuesday with more than 3.5 million ballots counted.
The measure also would set new minimum requirements on the size of cages or pens that house breeding pigs and calves raised for veal. It also would ban the sale of veal, pork and eggs in California from farms that don’t comply.
Supporters say the measure is a step toward more humane farming practices.
Opponents say it doesn’t go far enough.
Proposition 12 builds on Proposition 2, which passed in 2008.
That measure banned California farmers from keeping the same animals in tiny cages but lacked specific size requirements.
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9:42 p.m.
Californians have rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed more rent control to ease the state’s housing crisis.
Proposition 10 is losing by a wide margin Tuesday.
The measure was one of the highest-profile and most expensive issues on the ballot as California faces a massive housing shortage.
It would have overturned a state law limiting rent control on apartments built after 1995, single-family homes and condominiums. It also would have allowed local laws restricting what landlords can charge new tenants.
Opponents argue Proposition 10 would have decreased housing supply by reducing developers’ incentive to build. Supporters say allowing more rent control would protect people from being priced out of their homes.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation funded the pro-Proposition 10 effort. The real estate industry funded the opposition campaign.
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9:37 p.m.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she’ll do everything in her power to provide effective leadership on the Senate Judiciary Committee if re-elected to another term.
Feinstein’s remarks to supporters Tuesday night came as she was leading in her re-election bid. She faces fellow Democrat Kevin de Leon.
Feinstein says the country has been “factionalized and trivialized with rhetoric” and that people must come together.
She also says there’s more work to do to make sure women have strong representation. She was one of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate and placed on the judiciary committee.
She’s now the ranking Democrat and led the party’s efforts against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Feinstein has not declared victory. She says she is lucky to have such a supportive constituency.
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9:30 p.m.
Embattled Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter leads his opponent in early returns despite facing federal corruption charges.
Hunter has 54 percent of the vote Tuesday over Democratic candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar with more than 90,000 votes counted in the deeply red San Diego-area district.
Hunter is trying to be one of few incumbents in U.S. history to be re-elected while indicted and the race is considered a fresh test of partisanship during the era of President Donald Trump.
Hunter and his wife have pleaded not guilty to allegations of illegally spending more than $250,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses from tequila shots to family trips.
Campa-Najjar, a former Obama administration official, was largely unknown before the charges in the district where Hunter succeeded his father in office 10 years ago.
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9:23 p.m.
A California initiative that would cap dialysis clinics’ profits is losing in early returns.
Early results Tuesday evening show just 40 percent of voters supporting the measure with more than 3 million ballots counted.
Proposition 8 would limit profits for dialysis clinics that provide vital treatment for people whose kidneys don’t function properly.
It was the most expensive initiative on the 2018 ballot in California. A health care workers union funded the $18 million supporting campaign. Dialysis companies contributed more than $111 million to kill the measure.
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9:23 p.m.
A California ballot measure to expand a property tax break for older homeowners who move trails in early returns.
With about 3.2 million ballots counted Tuesday, Proposition 5 is behind 56 percent to 44 percent.
Under current law, seniors and near-seniors can transfer tax assessments if their new homes are worth the same or less than the ones they sell, and they can only do it only once. Current law also limits out-of-county transfers.
Proposition 5 would allow over-55 homeowners to transfer their assessments to any new home – no matter what it costs – anywhere in the state and as many times as they wish.
California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office says the measure could result in revenue losses of about $1 billion a year each for schools and local governments.
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9:18 p.m.
Early returns show a string of close contests for California House seats that could figure in control of the chamber.
Democrats are trying to take control of seven GOP-held districts in the state carried by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
In key races Tuesday, early returns showed 15-term Rep. Dana Rohrabacher separated by less than 100 votes with Democrat Harley Rouda in Orange County’s 48th District.
In the 25th District north of Los Angeles, Democrat Katie Hill and Republican Rep. Steven Knight were virtually tied.
And in Orange County’s 45th District, Republican Rep. Mimi Walters was holding a slight edge over Democrat Katie Porter.
Nationally, Democrats appeared close to taking back the House in a victory that would slap a check on President Donald Trump’s agenda.
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9:08 p.m.
A California ballot measure to expand a property tax break for older homeowners who move trails in early returns.
With about 2.6 million ballots counted Tuesday, Proposition 5 is behind 56 percent to 44 percent.
Under current law, seniors and near-seniors can transfer tax assessments if their new homes are worth the same or less than the ones they sell, and they can only do it only once. Current law also limits out-of-county transfers.
Proposition 5 would allow over-55 homeowners to transfer their assessments to any new home – no matter what it costs – anywhere in the state and as many times as they wish.
California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office says the measure could result in revenue losses of about $1 billion a year each for schools and local governments.
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9 p.m.
Democrat Gavin Newsom has been elected governor of California, taking the helm of the state’s strong resistance to Trump administration policies on health care, immigration and the environment.
Newsom’s victory Tuesday over Republican businessman John Cox means one harsh critic of President Donald Trump – current Gov. Jerry Brown – will be replaced by another in the nation’s most populous state.
Newsom, who served as lieutenant governor under Brown, has pledged to spur a rapid bump in housing construction, push for universal health care and help impoverished children.
As mayor of San Francisco, Newsom ordered the issuing of marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
During the campaign, Cox focused relentlessly on California’s high cost of living. But he could not overcome the Democrats’ significant advantage among registered voters and their dislike of Trump, who supported Cox.
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9 p.m.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is leading in her bid for a fifth full term against fellow Democrat Kevin de Leon.
Feinstein has roughly 53 percent of the vote with more than 2.8 million ballots counted. She’s facing a fellow Democrat because of California’s system that sends the two candidates who win the most primary votes to the general election.
Voters first sent Feinstein to Washington in 1992. At 85, she’s the oldest U.S. senator. She’s argued her tenure in Washington makes her an effective leader. De Leon has tried to paint her as too weak against President Donald Trump.
Republicans have expanded their majority in the U.S. Senate.
Feinstein has argued it’s hard to be effective when Democrats are the minority party.
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9 p.m.
California voters are leaning toward putting an end to resetting their clocks twice a year.
With nearly 2 million ballots counted Tuesday night, 61 percent of voters were favoring passage of Proposition 7, the first step toward establishing permanent year-round daylight saving time in California.
The measure would also require a two-thirds vote from the state Legislature and a change in federal law to take effect.
Democratic Rep. Kansen Chu of San Jose says he sponsored it because changing clocks twice a year is a hassle.
The issue was fresh on voters’ minds when they headed to polls.
California and most of the rest of the nation fell back an hour to standard time on Sunday, gaining an extra hour of morning daylight but losing one in the evening.
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9 p.m.
A measure to allow more rent control in California is trailing significantly in early returns.
Proposition 10 is losing by double digits Tuesday evening with more than 2.6 million ballots counted.
The measure that would allow cities to expand rent control is one of the highest-profile and most expensive issues on the ballot as California faces a massive housing shortage.
It would overturn a state law limiting rent control on apartments built after 1995, single-family homes and condominiums. It also would allow local laws restricting what landlords can charge new tenants.
Opponents argue Proposition 10 would have decreased housing supply by reducing developers’ incentive to build. Supporters say allowing more rent control would protect people from being priced out of their homes.
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8:54 p.m.
A proposal to repeal a gasoline tax increase for transportation projects in California is trailing in early returns.
Proposition 6 had about 47 percent of the vote shortly after polls closed Tuesday with nearly 2 million votes counted.
The Republican-backed measure would repeal an increase in fuel taxes and vehicle fees that is expected to fund $5 billion in road fixes and transit improvements each year. It would also require voter approval for any future gasoline tax hikes.
Republicans hoped the measure would boost GOP turnout in contested congressional and state races. They say California is too expensive and should spend its money more wisely.
The Democratic-led Legislature passed the fuel tax increase last year. Construction industry leaders and labor unions oppose the repeal.
8:45 p.m.
Democratic Attorney General Xavier Becerra is leading GOP challenger Steven Bailey in early returns.
Baily consistently trailed in polls before Tuesday’s election.
Another incumbent, Democratic Secretary of State Alex Padilla is also ahead. Padilla is seeking re-election against Republican attorney Mark Meuser.
In the race to replace Gavin Newsom as lieutenant governor, Eleni Kounalakis is leading Ed Hernandez. They’re both Democrats. Newsom is running for governor.
In other statewide contests, voters are choosing the next schools chief, treasurer and controller.
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7:41 p.m.
A spokesman for Democratic state Senate candidate Anna Caballero says the campaign was still able to reach targeted voters despite having computers, cellphones and campaign literature stolen from an office.
Someone broke into Assemblywoman Anna Caballero’s campaign headquarters early Tuesday. She’s running in a state Senate race expected to determine whether Democrats attain a legislative supermajority.
Campaign spokesman Bob Sanders says the cellphones were to be used to call voters while the computers contained precinct maps, schedules and voter contact information. Also taken were 10,000 pieces of campaign literature to hang on doors.
Left behind were televisions and a microwave oven.
Sanders says the campaign regrouped and volunteers began working several hours later.
Caballero’s rival, Republican Rob Poythress, condemned the break-in.
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6:45 p.m.
An elections spokeswoman estimates the line outside the registrar’s office in Los Angeles County has about 300 to 400 people in it.
Brenda Duran of the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk’s office says people outside the Norwalk office are registering to vote.
People in California can register to vote on Election Day and submit conditional ballots.
Duran says elections offices in other California counties have similar long lines because of conditional voters.
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4:35 p.m.
A prominent political data expert expects turnout in California to near 60 percent, which is on the higher end for mid-term elections but not extraordinary.
Paul Mitchell says that’s because some counties, including Orange, have exciting congressional races where turnout might near presidential levels.
But voters in other California counties are casting votes for a more routine slate of statewide office as well as 11 propositions.
He says statewide turnout could range from 56 percent to 60 percent. He called it the tale of “two Californias.”
Mitchell is vice president of the non-partisan research firm Political Data, Inc.
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1:45 p.m.
Some voters in Los Angeles County are waiting up to two hours to cast their ballot on Election Day.
A spokesman with the Los Angeles County Registrar says the line at its headquarters in Norwalk is wrapping around the building and that wait times were at about two hours Tuesday.
Registrar spokesman Mike Sanchez couldn’t immediately confirm online posts by a Los Angeles Times reporter that some people were giving up and getting out of line, while others were being handed tickets so they could use the bathroom or get food without losing their place.
The site is the only one in the vast county that allows voters to register and cast a ballot on Election Day, a fact that some complained about on social media.
Sanchez says he understands frustration by some voters and that same-day registration and voting is being expanded throughout the county and will be ready in March 2020.
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12:55 p.m.
A nonpartisan, good-government group reports it has received nearly 800 calls from California voters experiencing problems at the polls Tuesday.
California Common Cause said the call volume is higher than in previous midterm elections and could reflect high voter turnout.
Callers reported the polling place at Mark Twain Middle School in Los Angeles had no voter rolls at 11 a.m. and voters could not cast ballots until 11:30 a.m. Voters at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles were asked to fill out paper ballots because it had no voting machines until 10 a.m.
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder and County Clerk did not immediately return a request for comment.
People experiencing problems voting can call the 866-OUR-VOTE Election Protection hotline.
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12:35 p.m.
Democrats say campaign literature and some computers were taken in an early morning break-in at a Merced County campaign office.
Emily Haden, who is chairwoman of the Merced County Democratic Central Committee, said the campaign for state Senate candidate Ana Caballero was the most affected.
She said campaign mailers have been brought in from another location and that the break-in complicates what is the most important day of the campaign.
Bryan King, campaign manager for Senate Democrats, told the Merced Sun-Star that every laptop was taken from the office. He said devices used to scan voter data and personal items such as cell phones used to call voters were taken.
Merced Police Lt. Alan Ward told the newspaper that officers were called to the scene around 7 a.m. Tuesday.
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11:45 a.m.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom has cast his ballot in Tuesday’s election.
Newsom arrived at a Masonic lodge in Larkspur, north of San Francisco, with his wife Jennifer and four children. Newsom held his 2-year-old son Dutch most of the time he was at the polling site, including while he was filling out his ballot.
Newsom told reporters that he hopes to win the governor’s race but that it wouldn’t mean as much if Democrats don’t take back the U.S. House.
Newsom says it’s not a “gross exaggeration to say that Trump’s declared war on California” and urged voters in the state to make it to the polls Tuesday.
Newsom is the strong favorite to win the governor’s race against Republican John Cox, who’s never held elected office.
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8 a.m.
Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox began his Election Day with a family breakfast and a Tweet urging Californians to make it to the polls.
Cox, who is running against Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom in Tuesday’s election, ate breakfast with his family at Milton’s Deli in Del Mar, just north of San Diego.
Before he tucked in, Cox tweeted a picture with his wife Sarah and one of his four daughters. The post urged Californians to vote and said: “Change vs. status quo” with the hashtag, #HelpIsOnTheWay.
Newsom is the strong favorite in the race, since the state has 3.8 million fewer registered Republican voters than Democrats.
Cox has never held elected office.
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7:30 a.m.
Democrats’ total dominance of the state Legislature likely comes down to a single state Senate seat.
Republicans are trying to retain the seat being given up by termed-out Sen. Anthony Cannella in California’s Central Valley.
Democrats are pinning their hopes in Tuesday’s election on Assemblywoman Anna Caballero while Republicans fielded Madera County Supervisor Rob Poythress.
Democrats need 27 votes for a two-thirds majority in the 40-member Senate, and have 26. They need 54 votes in the 80-member Assembly, and have 55.
The biggest Assembly fight was for the seat held by Democratic Riverside County Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes.
A supermajority in both chambers would allow Democrats to raise taxes without Republican votes.
Republicans have rallied opposition to last year’s gas tax hike, while Democrats fanned a backlash to President Donald Trump.
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California voters are considering a measure that requires all eggs sold in the state to come from cage-free hens by 2022.
Dubbed the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act, Proposition 12 would set minimum requirements on the size of cages or pens housing breeding pigs and calves raised for veal. It also would ban the sale of veal or pork in California from farms that don’t comply.
Supporters say the measure is a step toward more humane farming practices, while opponents say it doesn’t go far enough.
Proposition 12 seeks to build on another ballot measure that passed in 2008 — Proposition 2, which banned California farmers from keeping the same animals in tiny cages but lacked specific size requirements for the cages and pens.
It is backed by the Humane Society of the United States and a number of animal welfare groups.
The measure’s opponents include animal welfare groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, who say it doesn’t go far enough to prevent animal cruelty.
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It’s time for Californians to decide whether they want to stop resetting their clocks twice a year.
Voters will cast ballots Tuesday on Proposition 7, the first step in an effort to create year-round daylight saving time.
Democratic Rep. Kansen Chu of San Jose says he sponsored the measure because changing the time is a hassle.
Chu also says the move has been shown to increase the risk of car accidents and heart attacks in the spring when people lose an hour’s sleep.
Opponents say changing now would cause worse headaches.
If voters approve the measure, it would still need a two-thirds vote from the California Legislature and a change in federal law.
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Voters will decide whether California borrows nearly $9 billion for water infrastructure projects in the state where its scarcity often pits city dwellers, farmers, anglers and environmentalists against one another.
Proposition 3 on Tuesday’s ballot would direct the money to storage and dam repairs, watershed and fisheries improvements, and habitat protection and restoration.
Much of the $8.9 billion would be earmarked for conservancies and state parks to restore and protect watersheds, and to nonprofits and local agencies for river parkways. There also would be money to meet safe drinking water standards.
The measure is backed by agricultural and water associations and those devoted to conserving wetlands, fish and wildlife. Opponents say it benefits special interests while siphoning money from other programs.
It’s the largest water bond proposed since analysts began keeping track in 1970.
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6:15 a.m.
Californians are deciding whether to repeal an increase in fuel taxes and vehicle fees that is expected to fund $52 billion in transportation projects over a decade.
Proposition 6 on Tuesday’s ballot is backed by Republicans who say life in California has become too expensive and the state should spend its money more efficiently.
Construction industry leaders and unions that oppose the initiative contend the $5 billion a year is critical to fix aging freeways and bridges and improve transit.
The Legislature, led by Democrats, passed the tax measure last year.
The repeal initiative proposed by San Diego talk radio host Carl DeMaio has been touted by Republican Congressional candidates in a bid to boost GOP voter turnout in the state where President Donald Trump has low approval ratings.
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Californians will decide whether to allow the expansion of rent control as a solution to the state’s housing crisis.
Proposition 10 would give local governments more flexibility to enact or increase rent control as the state faces a massive home shortage and soaring rents.
It’s one of the most costly and contentious items on Tuesday’s ballot.
The measure would overturn a state law that bars rent control on apartments built after 1995, single-family homes and condominiums. The same state law also prevents cities and counties from telling landlords what they can charge new tenants.
More than a dozen California cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, already have some rent control on older properties.
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California voters are considering a ballot measure to restrict profits at dialysis clinics that provide vital care for people whose kidneys don’t function properly.
Proposition 8 is the most expensive initiative facing California voters Tuesday as they head to polls. A health care workers union funded the $18 million campaign. Dialysis companies dropped an extraordinary $111 million to kill it.
The measure would cap profits at 15 percent of what clinics spend on patient care and quality improvement. Supporters say it will push dialysis companies to invest more in patient care. Opponents say it will force clinics to cut services or close.
Dialysis patients typically undergo treatments that last hours three times a week. Dialysis machines mimic kidney functions by filtering patients’ blood outside their bodies.
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Ending a low-key campaign with high stakes, California voters are deciding whether to expand a property tax break to older homeowners who move.
Proposition 5 on Tuesday’s ballot would deliver significant benefits to people over 55 when they move and a potentially big revenue hit to schools and local governments, who rely extensively on property taxes.
Under current law, seniors and near-seniors can transfer tax assessments if their new homes are worth the same or less than the ones they sell, and they can only do it only once. Current law also limits out-of-county transfers.
Proposition 5 would allow over-55 homeowners to transfer assessments to any new home — no matter the cost — anywhere in the state as many times as they wish.
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A Democratic heavyweight faces a Republican businessman who’s never held elected office in the race for California governor.
The contest between Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Republican John Cox will determine the future of the state’s aggressive resistance to President Donald Trump.
Newsom is strongly favored in a state where the GOP has 3.8 million fewer registered voters. He has pledged to continue the combative stance toward Trump and push for universal health care.
Newsom is best-known for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples while he was San Francisco mayor, years before it was legal.
Cox has focused relentlessly on California’s high cost of living. He blames Newsom and the Democrats who control the Legislature and every statewide office for high costs.
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Californians are choosing between two Democrats in the U.S. Senate contest.
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein faces a challenge from state Sen. Kevin de Leon on Tuesday’s ballot.
A Feinstein victory would keep the state’s Democratic political order sharply intact. A de Leon win would be a stunning come-from-behind upset.
He has argued that California deserves a new voice in Washington who is more willing to fight for progressive values.
Feinstein says she has the experience to get things done for California and a track record to prove it.
At 85, Feinstein is the oldest U.S. senator. De Leon, who is 51, isn’t directly making her age an issue. But he’s argued for a “new voice” and “new vision” in Washington.
Feinstein was first elected to the Senate in 1992.
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A string of battleground districts in California are at the center of the fight for control of the U.S. House.
Democrats need to claim 23 seats nationally to retake the House and have targeted seven GOP-held California House districts carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Among the endangered Republicans in Tuesday’s elections: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in Orange County, who is seeking a 16th term.
In play are long-term political trends that have seen California grow more diverse and Democratic.
Democrats hold a 39-14 edge in House seats in the state, where the party controls every statewide office and the Legislature.
The election comes after a campaign season defined by divisions over President Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment.
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Congressman Duncan Hunter is fighting to keep his San Diego-area district seat after being indicted on corruption charges.
Hunter faces a 29-year-old, first-time Democratic opponent Tuesday in a race that has brought attention to Southern California’s most Republican congressional district.
Ammar Campa-Najjar, a former Obama administration official, was largely unknown in the San Diego-area district where Hunter succeeded his father in office 10 years ago.
The race has become more competitive after Hunter and his wife were indicted by a grand jury in August on allegations of illegally spending more than $250,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses from tequila shots to family trips.
The Hunters pleaded not guilty.
The 41-year-old former Marine is one of two U.S. congressmen seeking re-election while under indictment, a rare feat in U.S. history.
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