Progressive Wahab Secures Swalwell’s Seat Amid Spending Clash
TL;DR
Progressive Aisha Wahab defeated moderate Democrat Hernandez in CA-14 to win the remainder of Eric Swalwell’s term, despite more than $6 million in outside PAC spending including groups tied to AIPAC. The result underscores ongoing tensions between progressive and establishment wings of the Democratic Party and sets up a November rematch in a newly drawn district.
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- Progressive Aisha Wahab wins Eric Swalwell’s former House seat Politico
- Aisha Wahab wins race to fill Swalwell’s House seat, overcoming AIPAC spending The Washington Post
- Progressive opposed by AIPAC wins California special election to succeed Eric Swalwell The Times of Israel
- Democrat Aisha Wahab will win Swalwell’s House seat, CNN projects, overcoming millions in AIPAC spending CNN
- Aisha Wahab makes history as the first Afghan American elected to Congress Yahoo
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