Democrat Aisha Wahab wins California special election to fill Eric Swalwell's US House seat

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Progressive state senator Aisha Wahab was elected to Congress in a special election on Tuesday for the California East Bay seat formerly held by Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April following sexual misconduct allegations. Wahab won the primary by more than 20 points over her opponent and had backing from the state Democratic party, Our Revolution, labor unions, local officials, and state attorney general Rob Bonta. Swalwell has denied the allegations.