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House Republicans Exonerate Figurehead

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ObserverArt3/12/2018 7:53:43 pm PDT

re: #27 Belafon

Do we know what his district looks like as far as elections this fall?

I had the impression he is safe.

But then I found this bit at Ballotpedia. Primaries set for June 5th.

California’s 22nd Congressional District election, 2018

California’s 22nd Congressional District has been represented by a Republican since the 2002 elections. Heading into the 2018 election, the seat is held by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R). As of January 22, 2018, a total of eight candidates have declared their intention to challenge Nunes for the seat, including six Democrats, one Libertarian, and one member of the American Solidarity Party.

Although Nunes won his 2016 election by a 35-point margin, Donald Trump (R) won the seat by less than 10 points. Political observers such as Bloomberg’s Francis Wilkinson have said that Nunes’ closeness with Trump, including his role in the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, could potentially make him vulernable in 2018.[4] A Public Policy Polling survey conducted in January 2018 on behalf of the campaign of attorney Andrew Janz (D) found Nunes leading a generic Democratic candidate 50-45