Wahab's Victory in East Bay District Election Amidst Allegations and Ongoing Investigative
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Wahab, a state senator, was widely considered the frontrunner in the district in California’s East Bay and had the backing of the state Democratic party as well as Our Revolution, labor unions, local officials and the state’s attorney general, Rob Bonta. She won the primary for the special election for the final months of Swalwell’s term by more than 20 points over Hernandez, the president of the board of directors for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) agency.
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Washington ExaminerDemocratic state Sen. Aisha Wahab won the special election for former Rep. Eric Swalwell‘s seat in California‘s 14th Congressional District, after the American Israel Public Affairs Committee dumped $4.4 million into the race.
Fox NewsProgressive state senator and assistant majority leader Aisha Wahab has bested Melissa Hernandez, a more moderate public transit executive, in a special election to replace disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell.
NBC NewsDemocratic state Sen. Aisha Wahab has won the special election in California’s 14th District, NBC News projects, and will serve out the remaining months of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term.
Associated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmaker Aisha Wahab secured victory Thursday in a special election to serve the rest of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s House term, which ends in January.
New York PostSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmaker Aisha Wahab secured victory Thursday in a special election to serve the rest of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s House term, which ends in January.
PBS NewsHourState lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins California special election to replace former Rep. Swalwell Swalwell, a Democrat who was running for California governor, ended his campaign and resigned from Congress in April after he was accused of sexual assault and harassment, which he denies.
New York TimesAisha Wahab Wins California Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell Aisha Wahab, a Democratic state senator in California, will fill out the term of Eric Swalwell, who resigned from the House amid accusations of sexual misconduct.
Washington TimesSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmaker Aisha Wahab secured victory Thursday in a special election to serve the rest of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s House term, which ends in January.
BreitbartWahab, who also became the first Afghan-American elected official in the U.S. when she won a Hayward City Council seat in 2018, beat fellow Democrat Melissa Hernandez in a Tuesday evening special election that was called on Thursday by the Associated Press (AP).
The HillProgressive wins special election to fill Swalwell’s California House seat Progressive state Sen. Aisha Wahab (D) is projected to defeat Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board President Melissa Hernandez in the special election to fill the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) term in the House, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Swalwell, once seen as the frontrunner in the California governor’s race, dropped out…
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Noticeably missing in the aftermath of Wahab’s victory is congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, chair of California’s Democratic delegation, who released a video ahead of the election on Tuesday accusing Wahab of acting in her own self-interest when she opposed the Democratic House delegation’s plan to elect a caretaker to the vacant seat.
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The conclusion of the race to replace Swalwell comes as criminal investigations continue into the sexual assault allegations he faces. Over the weekend, federal agents seized electronic devices from Swalwell at the San Francisco airport and later searched his home in Washington D.C., according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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Associated PressThe conclusion of the race to replace Swalwell comes as criminal investigations continue into the sexual assault allegations he faces. Over the weekend, federal agents seized electronic devices from Swalwell at the San Francisco airport and later searched his home in Washington D.C., according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
New York PostThanks for signing up! The conclusion of the race to replace Swalwell comes as criminal investigations continue into the sexual assault allegations he faces.
Washington ExaminerThe seat Wahab won was opened when Swalwell resigned from his post due to allegations of sexual misconduct. The FBI seized the former representative’s electronic devices on Thursday, as part of a federal criminal investigation into the allegations.
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01 NBC News Wahab has said Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza is genocide, and her campaign website includes a statement panning “AIPAC-linked dark-money PACs” trying to “tear Aisha Wahab down.” Hernandez, meanwhile, was the only candidate who did not answer “yes” when asked if Israel was committing a genocide during an April forum.
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02 The Guardian US Some congressional Democrats were quick to congratulate their new colleague. “House Democrats look forward to welcoming you to the 119th Congress as we fight for an Affordable America,” Hakeem Jeffries, House minority leader, posted on X.
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03 New York Post Wahab and Hernandez will face off again in a separate November election determining who will serve the next full two-year term.
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04 Associated Press Wahab and Hernandez will face off again in a separate November election determining who will serve the next full two-year term.
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05 Washington Times Wahab and Hernandez will face off again in a separate November election determining who will serve the next full two-year term.
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06 Washington Examiner AIPAC’s large expenditure raised eyebrows, especially considering the limited time Wahab will serve in the seat thanks to this win. However, some analysts view the race as an attempt by AIPAC to send a message, which failed.
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07 Fox News California has "jungle primaries" in which the top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election. Wahab and Hernandez, both Democrats, occupied the top two slots in the special primary, effectively shutting Republicans out of a district that Harris carried easily in the 2024 presidential election.
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08 Breitbart Hernandez, who currently serves as president of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) board of directors and formerly served as the mayor of Dublin, California, lost even after super PACs aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) reportedly “poured millions of dollars into ads” for her and against her opponent.
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