{
  "id": 18171047,
  "title": "California progressive Randy Villegas wins redrawn House seat for Democrats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/california-progressive-randy-villegas-wins-redrawn-house-seat-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-04T18:47:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/california-22nd-district-house-midterms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Community college professor unseats incumbent Republican David Valdao in seat redrawn under Prop 50 Democrat Randy Villegas, a community college professor with major progressive endorsements, has won the race for California’s 22nd congressional district. He unseats the six-term, incumbent Republican congressman, David Valadao, in a district that was considered the only true toss-up across the…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Democrat Paige Cognetti defeats Bresnahan, flipping key House seat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/democrat-paige-cognetti-defeats-bresnahan-flipping-key-house-seat",
        "published": "2026-11-04T02:08:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Democrat Susie Lee wins reelection to U.S. House in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/democrat-susie-lee-wins-reelection-to-u-s-house-in-nevadas-3rd",
        "published": "2026-11-04T09:06:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}