Special election for Swalwell’s open House seat heads to runoff
Summary
The special election to fill the U.S. House seat left open by former Representative Eric Swalwell is going to a runoff election. No candidate got more than half of the votes, so the top two candidates—California State Senator Aisha Wahab and Melissa Hernandez, a Bay Area transportation official—will compete in the next round.Key Facts
- The election is to fill Eric Swalwell’s former House seat from California.
- No candidate won a majority of the votes in the special election.
- The top two candidates are Aisha Wahab, a California State Senator, and Melissa Hernandez, a Bay Area transportation official.
- Both top candidates are members of the Democratic Party.
- The race will move to a runoff election between Wahab and Hernandez.
- The runoff will decide who fills Swalwell’s open congressional seat.
- The initial election results were projected by the DDHQ news outlet.
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