Democrat Adam Grey has flipped one in every of his social gathering’s highest-priority seats in California’s Central Valley, booting Republican Rep. John Duarte from workplace within the final Home race within the nation to be referred to as.
Grey, a former state legislator, beforehand misplaced to Duarte in 2022 by a margin of 564 votes. This 12 months, his social gathering managed to end up sufficient supporters to deal a significant blow to the GOP.
Duarte instructed POLITICO on Tuesday that he had conceded the race.
Democratic flips of seats held by California GOP Reps. Duarte, Mike Garcia and Michelle Metal have lower into Republicans’ slender Home majority, as will — for the close to time period — the anticipated GOP departures of Reps. Michael Waltz of Florida, Elise Stefanik of New York and Matt Gaetz of Florida. In the meanwhile, Republicans maintain 220 seats and Democrats 215. (Republicans received 222 in 2022.)
Democrats poured thousands and thousands into flipping key swing areas just like the Central Valley, far outspending Republican incumbents like Duarte.
Mia McCarthy contributed to this story.
