Live Results: California special primary election to replace Eric Swalwell
Summary
Voters in a Bay Area district in California are choosing among nearly a dozen candidates in a special primary election to replace Democratic former Congressman Eric Swalwell. Swalwell resigned in April amid sexual-assault allegations he denies, and this election will decide who runs in the general election for his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.Key Facts
- Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, resigned from Congress in April.
- Swalwell also quit the California governor’s race, where he was a leading candidate.
- Nearly a dozen candidates are competing in the special primary to fill Swalwell’s House seat.
- Some candidates have appeared on the ballot twice in two weeks for this seat.
- The district is heavily Democratic, so Democrats are expected to keep the seat.
- Keeping the seat would reduce the slim Republican majority in the U.S. House.
- California’s slow ballot count has drawn criticism, but no evidence of rigged elections has been found.
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