{
  "id": 14729318,
  "title": "‘The valley has been left behind’: how one of California’s poorest areas became its toughest political battleground",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/the-valley-has-been-left-behind-how-one-of-californias-poorest-areas",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T15:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/15/california-central-valley-race"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Rising costs and threatened healthcare benefits are testing voters’ loyalty to Trump as Democrat Randy Villegas challenges David Valadao Vanessa Martinez used to work two jobs to make ends meet. Now she works three. In another era, the 26-year-old from California’s hardscrabble Central valley could have been a poster child for the American Dream, the sort of ambitious, up-by-her-bootstraps…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}