Trump’s unpopularity in California will make it a steep challenge for the GOP to win back Katie Hill's seat.
Democratic Rep. Katie Hill’s decision to resign from Congress has given Republicans an unexpected chance to recapture her House district on the northern edge of the Los Angeles suburbs, but President Trump’s unpopularity in California will make it a steep challenge for the GOP.
Mark Gonzalez, the Los Angeles County Democratic chairman, said the party should unite behind one candidate.“We worked too hard with our brothers and sisters in labor and the residents of the district to make sure we won that seat,” he said. “We can’t afford a fight within our party.” Hill has not said when her resignation will take effect. Once the seat is vacant, Gov. Gavin Newsom will have two weeks to call a special election. It must be scheduled more than four months in the future.A primary would be held first — a little more than two months before the scheduled special election. Any candidate who gets more than 50% in the primary would win the seat. Otherwise, the top two vote-getters would face off in the special election.
Knight, a former Los Angeles police officer who served two terms in the House before Hill bounced him from office, said Monday he might run for his old seat. “We’re looking at the whole thing,” Knight told KHTS radio. “We want to take back the seat. If that means me jumping into the race, then that’s what we’ll do, and if not, that’s OK.”
In the congressional election a year ago, Trump’s tumultuous presidency was a major liability for Knight and many otherTrump’s fiery rhetoric on immigration — highly toxic in California — in the midterm election’s closing weeks helped Democrats capture seven House seats held by the GOP. Republicans were left with just seven of the state’s 53 House seats.
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