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On June 29, California held a special election to fill the vacancy in the 18th Assembly district, which is in Alameda County. Six Democrats, one Republican, and one Socialist Workers Party candidate were on the ballot. Here are the results. Click the + that is labelled “state.” The Republican, Stephen Slauson, received 11.2%. The Socialist Workers candidate, Joel Britton, whose ballot label was “party preference: none” received 1.5%. The six Democrats received the remainder of the vote. No one received a majority, and the run-off will be between Mia Bonta and Janani Ramachandran.
In November 2020, the same district had one Republican and one Democrat on the ballot. Those results were: Democratic 87.6%; Republican 12.4%.
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House conservatives are criticizing a bipartisan bill authored by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer
The conservative Republican Study Committee, which has 154 members and is the largest GOP caucus in Congress, said the bill is too expensive in an internal memo obtained by The Hill.
It also said the bill should take tougher actions against China for stealing intellectual property rights and for industrial espionage.
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The memo criticizes the Endless Frontier Act, a $100 billion bipartisan bill proposal aimed at reinvigorating the National Science Foundation to compete with China.
The Endless Frontier Act is co-sponsored by Sen. Todd Young
Other Republicans who have signed on as co-sponsors include Sens. Roy Blunt