Republicans hope Katie Hill's departure could open the door to winning back the north Los Angeles County congressional district.
Katie Hill took Steve Knight’s congressional seat in 2018. Then someone gave his former campaign operatives naked pictures of her.Democratic Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of improper relationship with staffer
Papadopoulos, 32, pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to federal agents in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and spent two weeks in jail. Gov. Gavin Newsom has until two weeks from Hill’s formal resignation date of Nov. 1 to call a special election, which must be scheduled more than four months in the future. The primary has to be held first; any candidate who garners more than 50% in the primary would win the seat.
Otherwise, the top two vote getters would face off in the special election. The winner would have to compete for the seat again in November 2020.Hill won the seat by nine points when she ran against Knight, and her victory reflected the changing demographics in the district, which is made up of Simi Valley, Santa Clarita, Palmdale and part of Lancaster.
It was a longtime Republican stronghold that formerly skewed heavily to white voters, many of them working in law enforcement, the aerospace industry or the military. But in recent years, new arrivals have included Latinos, Asian Americans and others seeking more affordable housing than can be found closer to central Los Angeles.
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