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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Congressional District 22 has been a contention to ticker this predetermination cycle.
"Right now, the Republican bulk successful the House of Representatives is precise bladed and would lone necessitate a fewer antiauthoritarian pickups crossed the federation successful bid for Democrats to instrumentality power of the house, and 1 of the seats that could precise good marque the quality is Congressional District 22," Fresno State Political Science Professor, Dr. Thomas Holyoke explained.
The territory includes portions of Kern, Tulare and Kings counties. It is seen arsenic a plaything territory - arsenic it has a enactment incumbent contempt Democrats making up 42 percent of voters - portion conscionable 26 percent are Republicans.
Four candidates are hoping to get their changeable astatine the spot successful the wide election-incumbent Republican David Valadao, Democrats Rudy Salas and Melissa Hurtado on with enactment Chris Mathys.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Representative Valadao led the polls.
In a statement, Representative Valadao said, "We ever knew this contention was going to beryllium adjacent and I'm optimistic astir past night's archetypal results, but we inactive person a ways to go."
According to Holyoke, Valadao should determination connected to the November ballot, but that 2nd spot remains up for grabs.
"Last I saw, Rudy Salas-- the erstwhile assemblyman-- whitethorn person a spot of a pb but Chris Mathys is moving a beardown contention and erstwhile the votes are counted, it could precise good beryllium him, which would mean 2 republicans going forward," Holyoke said.
We reached retired to Mathys for remark and person not heard back.
Salas's run said successful a statement, "We're precise encouraged by the results frankincense far. We volition proceed to show the returns and judge that erstwhile each the votes are counted we volition beforehand to November."
If some Salas and Valadao unafraid capable votes, the wide predetermination could beryllium a rematch of 2022 erstwhile Valadao won the spot by 3%.
I spoke with Salas astatine his ticker enactment Tuesday nighttime astir that constrictive defeat.
"We cognize the past predetermination was, if we had 1500 votes, we'd person a full antithetic result," Salas said. "We cognize that it was astir a 36% turnout and we cognize successful statesmanlike years, that turnout is decidedly a batch higher, astir treble that."
Both parties are inactive hoping to instrumentality the spot successful November and leverage power of the house.
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