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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGPE) - With Republicans holding the slimmest bulk successful the United States House of Representatives, each eyes are connected California's 22nd Congressional District.
The contention betwixt Democrat Rudy Salas from Bakersfield and Congressmember David Valadao is heating up, arsenic democrats are looking to flip the spot held by the Hanford Republican.
The 1 and lone statement betwixt the 2 was held successful Bakersfield Wednesday night. The candidates archetypal spoke connected the issues of migration and borderline security.
"The House passed the HR2 and sent it to the Senate and Schumer sat connected it, and we've besides passed bills similar the Dignity CCT, to assistance radical with paths to citizenship, and we've besides assed farmworker modernization that helps with farmworker programs," Valadao said.
"People are frightened astir the rhetoric, that they perceive from the different side, astir wide deportation plans astir tearing families isolated again," Salas said.
From there, they focused connected different apical issues, challenging each different connected the system and arguing implicit who's done much to little costs.
"I really helped California negociate little medicine prices, thing that Mr. Valadao failed to bash successful Congress," Salas said.
"We've got a idiosyncratic who's been successful bureau for 10 years successful a ace bulk and has the quality to walk thing helium wants to lick our problems but alternatively of fixing the problems successful the authorities helium wants to tally for congress," Valadao said.
Moderators besides asked astir their stances connected the warfare successful the Middle East.
"My work is to marque definite our state our top state successful the portion has the quality to support itself," Valadao said.
"Israel is our person successful the region, we request to marque definite we get backmost to a negotiated peace, we request to get backmost to the Camp David accords," Salas said.
A constituent of contention during the statement focused connected Valadao's ballot to impeach President Donald Trump pursuing Jan. 6, 2020 events. He was lone 1 of 10 House Republicans to bash so.
"I'm going to fto past decide, however that ballot plays out, and truthful I've taken a presumption wherever I'm not going to get progressive successful the statesmanlike and I'm not gonna prime oregon denote who I americium voting for," Valadao said.
And Salas, explaining wherefore helium was the lone Democrat successful the authorities assembly to interruption with his enactment erstwhile helium voted against the state tax.
"I took a beating for it I mislaid my chairmanship implicit it, was punished for lasting up for Central Valley families by voting nary connected the state tax," Valadao said.
Experts expect this contention to beryllium close. In the 2022 midterm, aft this nonstop matchup, Valadao lone won by astir 3,000 votes. A hard feat successful the territory with much registered Democrats than Republicans.
