California Democrat, Mike Levin, has defeated his Republican opponent for a seat in the California House of Representatives, Diane Harkey, by nearly 28,000 votes. This election was another hotly contested race for a vacant US House seat and, with his win,Levin has secured another blue vote for the new Democratically controlled House, CNN projects.
“Levin, an environmental attorney, ran an energetic shoe-leather campaign in California’s 49th Congressional District, with an eye toward activating younger voters,” CNN Politics reports.
He cast Harkey, who was a member of the state’s Board of Equalisation, as a “rubber stamp” for President Donald Trump, and luckily for him, this characterisation played well with the district’s wealthy, college-educated voters.
“On Sunday, nearly two weeks after the midterm elections, the closely watched race was finally called in favor of Levin, who secured 55.5% of the vote compared to Harkey’s 44.5%.
The Democratic pickup, which comes in a district that was represented by retiring Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, is another win for the party, which has been rounding up additional House seats since the election.”
Diagram of live election results for the California House of Representatives via CNN Politics
