Liberal Democrat wins Southern California House seat
Liberal Democrat wins Southern California House seat
The liberal California Democrat who easily captured a vacant U.S. House seat in Southern California on Tuesday goes to a Republican-controlled Congress with little interest in his campaign trail talk of debt-free college, fighting climate change and enacting universal health coverage.
With his victory over fellow Democrat Robert Lee Ahn in the 34th Congressional District, Gomez replaces another Latino Democrat who held the seat for years, Xavier Becerra, who stepped down after being appointed state attorney general.
Gomez wants to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, while Trump is trying to energize a faded coal industry and plans to withdraw from a global climate change agreement.