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WASHINGTON (AP) — Four months after Democratic U.S. Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress amid sexual assault allegations that torpedoed his campaign for California governor, his former Bay Area constituents will pick a replacement Tuesday to serve out the rest of his term. With two Democrats competing on the ballot, the seat in California's 14th Congressional District is guaranteed to remain under Democratic control and further narrow an already fragile Republican majority in the chamber. Aisha Wahab and Bay Area Rapid Transit Board President Melissa Hernandez were the finalists in the June 16 special primary, in which the top two finishers regardless of party affiliation advanced to Tuesday's special election. The two also will compete in the fall in a slightly redrawn district for a full term that begins in January 2027.
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United Democracy Project, a super political action committee backed by AIPAC, spent $1.2 million on the race in August in support of Hernandez and in opposition to Wahab, according to Federal Election Commission records. There are no automatic recounts in California.
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