DAVID VALADAO

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao has defeated Democrat Rudy Salas in a Central Valley district, overcoming a strong Democratic registration advantage and fallout from his vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump. Valadao was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. He is one of only two of those 10 to be reelected, along with Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington. Salas, a state assemblyman who is considered a moderate, dueled with Valadao over gas taxes, the opioid overdose crisis and health care. However, Valadao would break with Trump’s White House at times, including criticizing the administration for family separations at the border.

Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao has defeated Democrat Rudy Salas in a Central Valley district, overcoming a strong Democratic registration advantage and fallout from his vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump.

Rep. Valadao represented the 21st district but defeats Democrat Rudy Salas in the California 22nd district, which he sought after lines were redrawn.

Democratic Rep. Katie Porter has survived a bitter reelection fight in Southern California.

U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia has been reelected in California in a victory that hands Republicans control of the House.

A handful of closely matched California U.S. House races could determine which party controls the chamber.

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — A string of too-early-to-call California U.S. House races remains in play and might end up determining whether Republicans seize control or Democrats hang on to power. In Southern California, Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Mike Levin were locked in close races, despite President Joe Biden's late-hour campaign swing on their behalf. A Republican hasn't won one of those races in California since 2006 when Arnold Schwarzenegger was re-elected governor. Republicans were closing in on a slim House majority while Senate control will be decided by close races in Arizona, Nevada and Georgia. California Republicans believed as many as five House districts in the state could swing their way — enough to very likely give the GOP the House gavel in a midterm-election year when voters typically punish the party that holds the White House.

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — A string of too-early-to-call California U.S. House races remains in play and might end up determining whether Republicans seize control or Democrats hang on to power. In Southern California, Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Mike Levin were locked in close races, despite President Joe Biden's late-hour campaign swing on their behalf. A Republican hasn't won one of those races in California since 2006 when Arnold Schwarzenegger was re-elected governor. Republicans were closing in on a slim House majority while Senate control will be decided by close races in Arizona, Nevada and Georgia. California Republicans believed as many as five House districts in the state could swing their way — enough to very likely give the GOP the House gavel in a midterm-election year when voters typically punish the party that holds the White House.

A string of California U.S. House races remains in play, and the outcome could make the difference in which party controls the chamber next year.

A string of too-early-to-call California U.S. House races remains in play and might end up determining whether Republicans seize control or Democrats hang on to power. The most competitive of those races were in the Los Angeles region and the Central Valley farm belt. In Southern California, Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Mike Levin were locked in close races, despite President Joe Biden's late-hour campaign swing on their behalf.

These 12 races are the key in determining which party will win control of the U.S. House. The outcome could potentially change the course of President Joe Biden’s administration.

California Rep. David Valadao is being challenged by Assemblymember Rudy Salas, who would be the first Latino sent to Congress from the Central Valley.

On Tuesday, every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is up for election. >> Read more trending newsCurrently, Democrats have the majority in the House with 220 seats to 212 Republican seats. Here are a few House races to watch on Election Day:Texas 34: Mayra Flores (R) vs. Vicente Gonzalez (D)Mayra Flores won a special election in June to fill this seat. California 22: Rudy Salas (D) vs. David Valadao (R)The election in California’s 22nd district could be a test of former President Donald Trump’s reach. Nevada 1: Dina Titus (D) vs. Mark Robertson (R)Nevada’s 1st Congressional District is another district where redrawn district lines could play a significant role in the election’s outcome.

President Joe Biden is making his second trip to California in less than three weeks in hopes of bolstering Democratic House members in unexpectedly tight races.

President Joe Biden’s visit to California and Oregon this week comes close to Election Day and shows how Democrats are calling in reinforcements in states that are typically afterthoughts for the party.

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Rep. David Valadao, was one of the few House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump.

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) (Jacquelyn Martin)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — A slate of Republican U.S. House members in heavily Democratic California is facing primary challengers on Tuesday in races that will help determine control of Congress. Elsewhere on Tuesday, former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is competing against several other Republicans for a chance to capture a new U.S. House district in western Montana. Among the Republicans, state Sen. Zach Nunn is the best known of her challengers. A REPUBLICAN MATCHUP FOR SOUTH DAKOTA'S ONLY HOUSE SEATTrump also is playing into the fight for South Dakota’s lone House seat. Dusty Johnson, a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, is facing a challenge from his political right from Republican state lawmaker Taffy Howard.

U.S. House battles are taking shape that could tip the balance of power in Congress.

Here are the races to watch in the seven states holding primaries Tuesday.

Primary elections in seven states Tuesday will set the stage for U.S. House and Senate battles this fall that will play into control of Congress.

California’s primary on Tuesday will set the stage for a November election where a handful of U.S. House seats in the Los Angeles area and Central Valley will help determine which party controls Congress. Democrats dominate California politics but the Republican Party retains pockets of strength in a sprinkle of House districts that will be among the country’s marquee elections. Republicans need to capture only a handful of seats nationally to seize the majority from Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco.

Rep. David Valadao (R-Hanford) infuriated Central Valley conservatives when he voted to impeach Trump. But Trump is silent on Valadao's reelection bid.

A shadow primary has begun to take shape among no fewer than three fierce Republican critics of former President Donald Trump to determine who's best positioned to occupy the anti-Trump lane in the next presidential contest.

Iowa’s 2nd congressional district has the dubious distinction of having the second-most structurally deficient bridges in the country.

California Democrats appear to have come away with the advantage in a recasting of the state’s congressional districts.

Speaking Tuesday night during a meeting of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, Rep. Liz Cheney urged her fellow Republicans to not perpetuate former President Donald Trump’s false claims about election fraud and the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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What could be one of the most competitive House races in the country is taking shape in California’s agriculture-rich Central Valley, where a Democratic assemblyman Monday became the latest candidate to announce a bid to oust Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao. Democrats have 220 seats in the chamber and Republicans have 212, with three vacancies. Five-term Assemblyman Rudy Salas formally announced he is entering the race during a kickoff event in his hometown of Bakersfield, where he had been the first Latino to serve on the City Council.

Adam Kinzinger has come to Texas to hunt unicorns.

Menendez introduced a comprehensive immigration overhaul bill supported by the Biden administration last month, which includes provisions similar to the two bills passed by the House on Thursday. But this comprehensive immigration bill may have faced unsurmountable opposition even in the House as well as the Senate. "I support full comprehensive immigration reform," said Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar, whose district encompasses part of the U.S.-Mexico border. "We know that comprehensive immigration reform is a bigger bill and it's going to take more time," he added. "It's gonna become a lot harder on the Senate side to get 10 votes," even on the two bills passed in the House Thursday.

(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)LOS ANGELES – California Republicans eager to recall Democratic Gov. The head of the state Republican Party, Jessica Millan Patterson, is being challenged at a GOP convention this weekend by longtime conservative activist Steve Frank, who says the state party is attempting to silence conservative voices. Ad“This is California’s version of the national battle for the soul and the future of the Republican Party,” said Thad Kousser, a political science professor at the University of California, San Diego. But “just when the Republican Party in California is showing signs of life, it’s deciding to cannibalize itself,” Kousser added. For long-suffering California Republicans, party infighting could divide their ranks and make it more challenging to oust Newsom.

3 House GOP leader — voted to impeach President Donald Trump over the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. The GOP votes were in sharp contrast to the unanimous support for Trump among House Republicans when he was impeached by Democrats in December 2019. Katko, a former federal prosecutor who represents the Syracuse area, was the first rank-and-file GOP lawmaker to support impeachment. But he said Trump's refusal to take responsibility for the riot left him no choice but to support impeachment. At least two GOP senators — Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania — have said they support impeachment or have called on Trump to resign.

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)LOS ANGELES – It had been over two decades since a Republican captured a Democratic-held congressional district in California. The stunning victories have California GOP leaders talking about a comeback after years of teetering on the brink of irrelevance in the heavily Democratic state. Still, California Republicans all too familiar with Election Day misery now see a template to make further inroads. Young Kim defeated Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros in a rematch in the Democratic-leaning 39th District, anchored in Orange County. In Orange County “voters saw a different face to the Republican Party in Steel and Kim,” she said.

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)FRESNO, Calif. – Republicans have picked up their 11th seat overall in the U.S. House and the third seat in California, as Republican David Valadao reclaimed the seat he lost in the farm belt two years ago. The former congressman defeated Democratic Rep. TJ Cox, who ousted Valadao in the 21st Congressional District two years ago by 862 votes. But California’s agricultural centers have long been known for Republican residents who vote reliably and Democrats who often do not. That changed in 2018, when Democrats captured seven GOP-held House seats in California as voters rejected the Trump agenda. “This Thanksgiving, as the coronavirus continues to spread and our community and nation struggle, we desperately need relief,” Valadao said.

An updated tally from Los Angeles and Ventura counties showed his edge had grown to 422 votes. The post was left vacant after former Democratic Rep. Katie Hill resigned in 2019 amid a House ethics probe. The district, anchored in Los Angeles County but paired with a slice of Ventura County that is home to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, has a Democratic registration edge. When Hill captured the district in 2018, it was the last Republican-held House seat anchored in Los Angeles County. Last week, Republican Young Kim defeated Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros in a district anchored in the one-time GOP stronghold of Orange County, and Republican Michelle Steel earlier claimed the 48th District in Orange County from Democratic Rep. Harley Rouda.

And GOP candidates need to win back suburbanites who recoiled from the Trump agenda in 2018 and helped return the House to Democratic control. But Issa’s once strongly Republican district became increasingly friendly for Democrats and he nearly lost his seat in 2016 before deciding not to run in 2018. Democratic Rep. Harley Rouda captured the district in an upset of longtime Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in 2018, as suburban voters nationally rejected the Trump label. First-term Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros is looking to hold off Young Kim, the Republican he narrowly defeated two years ago to snatch the seat long held by Republican Rep. Ed Royce. Kim, a former legislator who was born in South Korea and grew up in Guam, has depicted the congressman as subservient to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.

The California secretary of state's election data obtained by the AP showed 102,428 mail-in ballots were disqualified in the states 58 counties, about 1.5% of the nearly 7 million mail-in ballots returned. To count in the election, ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received within three days afterward. California traditionally has offered mail-in voting only to those who request ballots. He called mail-in voting safe and secure, pointing to a series of studies that found no evidence of significant fraud. By contrast, in rural Plumas County northeast of Sacramento, all of the 8,207 mail-in ballots received were accepted.