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BumRushDaShow

(144,921 posts)
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 04:08 AM Dec 4

Democrat Adam Gray captures California's 13th US House District, ousting Republican Rep. John Duarte

Source: AP

Updated 1:25 AM EST, December 4, 2024


LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrat Adam Gray captured California’s 13th Congressional District on Tuesday, unseating Republican Rep. John Duarte in the final U.S. House contest to be decided this year.

Gray’s win in the farm belt seat that cuts through five counties means Republicans won 220 House seats this election cycle, with Democrats holding 215 seats. Gray won by a margin of less than 200 votes, with election officials reporting Tuesday all ballots had been counted.

Duarte captured the seat in 2022 when he defeated Gray by one of the closest margins in the country, 564 votes. He was often listed among the most vulnerable House Republicans given that narrow margin of victory in a district with a Democratic tilt — about 11 points over registered Republicans.

Gray said in a statement: “We always knew that this race would be as close as they come, and we’re expecting a photo finish this year, too.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/california-house-adam-gray-john-duarte-a1ecd3172a1a4b88ad270e0e69325b4e

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Democrat Adam Gray captures California's 13th US House District, ousting Republican Rep. John Duarte (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 4 OP
220-215, but 217-215 for the first months... nmmi Dec 4 #1
"and there's this that I don't know enough to comment on: " BumRushDaShow Dec 4 #2
& lt; but without the space after the & works muriel_volestrangler Dec 4 #3
+1 BILLION! BumRushDaShow Dec 4 #4
The one thing to remember is that if you preview the post, or edit it, you have to redo it muriel_volestrangler Dec 4 #5
I know that is a big issue with the LBN OP form BumRushDaShow Dec 4 #6
Yay.. one less magat and One More Cha Dec 4 #7

nmmi

(248 posts)
1. 220-215, but 217-215 for the first months...
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 06:05 AM
Dec 4
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-win-in-final-uncalled-house-race-locks-in-brutally-small-gop-majority/ar-AA1venpn
Gray's victory means Republicans are set to have 220 seats to Democrats' 215 when the 119th Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3.

To make matters worse for House Republicans, Trump has selected Reps. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as his national security advisor and ambassador to the United Nations, respectively.

Both of their seats, along with that of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned in pursuit of a short-lived nomination for attorney general and said he will not retake his seat in January, won't be filled until the Spring.

While Waltz doesn't plan to resign until Jan. 20, Johnson will still be left with a 217-215 majority for some of the key first months of Trump's term.


and there's this that I don't know enough to comment on:

Republicans only won the House by 7,500 total votes in three congressional districts, Seth Abramson, NYT
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219787008

BumRushDaShow

(144,921 posts)
2. "and there's this that I don't know enough to comment on: "
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 06:49 AM
Dec 4

AP had their final call list here - https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/?office=H

Just ball-parking on it but from the above, I'm seeing 4 Districts that the GOP won (based on AP counts) by 1% or less -

Pennsylvania 10 » Perry +1%
Pennsylvania 7 » Mackenzie +1%
Colorado 8 » Evans +(less than) 1%
Iowa 1 » Miller-Meeks +(less than) 1%


(DU's message box disallows the "less than" symbol since it is used for HTML code which is turned off here)

muriel_volestrangler

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3. & lt; but without the space after the & works
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:11 AM
Dec 4
Iowa 1 » Miller-Meeks + <1%


Various "problem" characters can be used with the correct abbreviation preceded by '&' and followed by ';', eg (a problem in thread and post titles) accented characters - "eacute" and so on, or 'pound' or 'euro' for the currency symbols.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,720 posts)
5. The one thing to remember is that if you preview the post, or edit it, you have to redo it
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:28 AM
Dec 4

since DU has converted the abbreviation into the displayed character, in the editing box that it gives you.

BumRushDaShow

(144,921 posts)
6. I know that is a big issue with the LBN OP form
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:34 AM
Dec 4

notably when editing anything in the "Your comments:" box if there are embedded links for example, where the message box programming strips out the "|" in any embedded links or will strip out the "=" (I think) for YouTube videos that might be there that have one.

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