GOP hoping to win back US House seat in California special election Tuesday
Washington (CNN)The race to see who will fill the House seat left vacant when former Democratic Rep. Katie Hill resigned last year amid controversy will soon be decided with a special election taking place Tuesday.
The congressional district California's 25th, which encompasses parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties and spans suburban and rural areas is being fiercely contested.
Democrat Christy Smith, a state assembly member, faces off against Republican Mike Garcia, a businessman and Navy veteran who has never before held political office.
The special election will decide who serves out the remainder of what would have been Hill's first term in office. But whatever the outcome, there will be a rematch. That's because Smith and Garcia are also running as candidates for a November general election that will determine who holds the seat in the next session of Congress.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/politics/california-25-house-race-christy-smith-mike-garcia/index.html