{"id":366459,"date":"2026-06-19T00:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/366459\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T00:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:28:09","slug":"democrat-melissa-hernandez-advances-in-california-special-election-to-replace-former-rep-swalwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/366459\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Melissa Hernandez advances in California special election to replace former Rep. Swalwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781828889_74_6yfmrispiigyc4fs.jpg\" alt=\"California U.S. House special election results\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781828889_74_6yfmrispiigyc4fs.jpg\" alt=\"California U.S. House special election results\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-62bd84fd=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/video\/fmc-vmqkyjgpi8xryu1z\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California U.S. House special election results<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">The race to represent California Congressional District 14, vacated earlier this year by Eric Swalwell, has not officially concluded, the vote totals strongly suggest that Aisha Wahab will be facing off against Melissa Hernandez. The two candidates are vying to represent the district for the remainder of Swalwells term, which will be decided in a special election vote, as well as a full term, which will be decided in the November vote.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">SACRAMENTO, Calif. &#8211; Democrat Melissa Hernandez advanced Thursday to the special general election in California for the U.S. House seat vacated by Rep. Eric Swalwell after he resigned from Congress amid allegations of sexual assault. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Special election\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Hernandez, the former mayor of the San Francisco Bay Area city of Dublin, goes on to the Aug. 18 special general election, which will determine who will fill the remainder of Swalwell&#8217;s term through January. At that time, the winner of November&#8217;s election for the state&#8217;s 14th Congressional District will be sworn in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  Runoff election for full term\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Hernandez is also competing in the November runoff to determine who will succeed Swalwell for a full two-year term. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/democrat-aisha-wahab-advances-california-special-election-replace-former-us-rep-eric-swalwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">She will face state Sen. Aisha Wahab<\/a> in both elections.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The 14th District includes East Bay cities such as Fremont, Hayward and Livermore. It heavily favors Democrats, and Swalwell typically beat Republican challengers by wide vote margins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/politics\/ca-politics\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Politics<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California U.S. House special election results The race to represent California Congressional District 14, vacated earlier this year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5713,7,9,8,100,13],"class_list":["post-366459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-ca-politics","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-news","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}