Valadao to face Villegas in November as Democrats seek to flip House majority
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) Voters in California’s 22nd Congressional District are headed for a November general election matchup between Republican Rep. David Valadao and progressive challenger Randy Villegas, as Democrats look to flip the narrow Republican majority in the U.S. House.
Valadao to face Villegas in November as Democrats seek to flip House majority (KBAK/KBFX)
“In the House it’s 217 Republicans to 212 Democrats with one independent and five seats open,” said Ian Anderson, an adjunct professor at Taft and Bakersfield College.
Moderate Democrat Jasmeet Bains, who had been supported by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, did not advance to the general election.
Valadao’s district was also at the center of last year’s Proposition 50.
“That disbanded temporarily the Citizens Redistricting Commission and replaced it with these partisan maps.
And Valadao’s district was one that was heavily impacted by that,” Anderson said.
Villegas was not endorsed by the DCCC, …