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Winners have been called in several remaining races as the historic blue wave continues to help Democrats make gains across the country.<\/p>\n

In Michigan\u2019s 4th District, Democratic state Sen. Sean McCann succeeded in his challenge to Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga. The eight-term GOP representative fought an uphill battle in the Kalamazoo-based district that he won by 12 points in 2024.<\/p>\n

Democrat Christina Hines beat out Republican Michael Bouchard in a seat occupied by Rep. John James, the GOP gubernatorial candidate. James won the 10th District, which covers Detroit\u2019s northern suburbs, by 6 points in 2024.<\/p>\n

Democrat William Lawrence defeated freshman Republican Rep. Tom Barrett in Michigan\u2019s 7th District. Barrett won the Lansing-based district, formerly held by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, by 4 points in 2024.<\/p>\n

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a moderate Democrat known for breaking with the party on key issues, won reelection for a third term in Washington\u2019s 3rd District. She fended off a challenge from Republican state Senate Minority Leader John Braun in a traditionally right-leaning district that went for President Donald Trump by 3 points in 2024.<\/p>\n

In Texas\u2019 9th District, Democrat Leticia Gutierrez won over Republican Alex Mealer to succeed Democratic Rep. Al Green, who unsuccessfully ran for a different seat after state Republicans redrew maps last year in hopes of bolstering Republicans\u2019 advantage there. The Houston-area district was a target of the redistricting plan, and the result was another blow to the state GOP as Democrats swept statewide races in the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n

In California\u2019s 13th District, Democrat Adam Gray, who won his seat by 187 votes in 2024, handily secured reelection over Republican Kevin Lincoln. The district shifted to be friendlier to Democrats following California Democrats\u2019 redistricting push last year.<\/p>\n

In California\u2019s 22nd District, progressive Democrat Randy Villegas, who was among Sen. Bernie Sanders\u2019 handful of House endorsements, ousted Republican Rep. David Valadao in another newly drawn district where 2 out of 3 voters are Hispanic.<\/p>\n

In California\u2019s 34th District, democratic socialist Angela Gonzales\u2011Torres beat her incumbent opponent, fellow Democrat Jimmy Gomez. Gomez is facing a House Ethics Committee investigation after a former congressional staffer accused him of sexual misconduct. He has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

New York Democratic Reps. Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen both fended off their Republican challengers in the state\u2019s 3rd and 4th districts, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winners have been called in several remaining races as the historic blue wave continues to help Democrats make gains across the country. In Michigan\u2019s 4th District, Democratic state Sen. Sean McCann succeeded in his challenge to Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga. The eight-term GOP representative fought an uphill battle in the Kalamazoo-based district that he won […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}