{"id":524684,"date":"2026-11-10T07:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T07:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/524684\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T07:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T07:54:27","slug":"kern-county-in-depth-nov-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/524684\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County In Depth: Nov. 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:KGET Bakersfield;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"KGET Bakersfield\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1794297267_449_aol_kget_bakersfield_articles_632.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Tue, November 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" height=\"675\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8b4cd0a1-aaac-47eb-8e52-818ba0e5cce2.jpg\" width=\"1200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; In this week&#8217;s jam-packed Kern County In Depth, 17 News&#8217; chief political reporter Vincent Demonte breaks down the recent 2026 Midterms. <\/p>\n<p>With the blue wave that swept across much of the country, part of that effect was also felt in traditionally red areas of California, as progressive candidate Randy Villegas is now projected to win the Congressional race for District 22, ousting Republican incumbent David Valadao. <\/p>\n<p>Vincent dives into the impact of that race right here in the Central Valley and what that blue seat will mean for the new Democratic U.S. House of Representatives majority. <\/p>\n<p>He also discusses other key race results from across the state and discusses what they mean for the future of California. <\/p>\n<p>\nCopyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<br \/>\n<a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Tue, November 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM UTC BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; In this week&#8217;s jam-packed Kern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-524684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524684","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=524684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}