Sen. Aisha Wahab advances in special election to replace Eric Swalwell in Congress

What happened

According to Local News Matters’s source item, Sen. Aisha Wahab advances in special election to replace Eric Swalwell in Congress, California state Sen. Aisha Wahab of Hayward advanced Tuesday in a special election to replace former U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell in the 14th Congressional District.  An outright winner requires collecting 50% of the vote, plus one. Complete but unofficial results showed Wahab with 45,380 votes, or 42.37%, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. […] The post Sen. Aisha Wahab advances in special election to replace Eric Swalwell in Congress appeared first on Local News Matters .

Context

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Source

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