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News editor at POLITICO. previously: California politics editor at POLITICO; AP reporter covering nat-sec, Lat-Am and the Caribbean. DM for Signal.
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Democrat Marni von Wilpert and Republican Jim Desmond come out on top for Issa seat Original

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By Ben Fox 
| POLITICO
Desmond is a second-term member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the former mayor of San Marcos, a small city in the district, which favored Republicans until it was redrawn. Von Wilpert has been on San Diego’s City Council since 2020, representing a largely suburban area that had previously been represented by a Republican. She’s also worked as a civil prosecutor in the City Attorney’s office and served in the Peace Corps.
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A must-win California House seat is giving Dems heartburn

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By Ben Fox 
| Flipboard
"Balance of Power: Late Edition" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA), backs President Trump's push for a federal gas tax holiday, calling the 18-cent cut "symbolic" but still meaningful for consumers. Ivo Daadler, Harvard University Belfer Center Senior Fellow & former US Ambassador to NATO under the Obama Administration, discusses whether or not he sees diplomatic progress between US & Iran in the near future.
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A tougher flip in California

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By Ben Fox , Melanie Mason , Blake Jones , Dustin Gardiner 
| California Playbook Newsletter
Darrell Issa | J. Scott Applewhite/AP HOUSE MATH — Democratic hopes to take the House may come down to a sprawling slice of suburban and rural Southern California now represented by Rep. Darrell Issa. That could be a problem. California redrew the boundaries of the 48th Congressional District to give Democrats an edge in the midterms with Proposition 50, the partisan redistricting led by Gov. Gavin Newsom in response to President Donald Trump’s gerrymandering push in Texas.
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