{"id":1975948,"date":"2023-07-18T08:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rudy-salas-announces-campaign-to-knock-off-vulnerable-california-house-republican\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T08:58:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:58:51","slug":"rudy-salas-announces-campaign-to-knock-off-vulnerable-california-house-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rudy-salas-announces-campaign-to-knock-off-vulnerable-california-house-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudy Salas aims to unseat vulnerable California House Republican in new campaign."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frudy-salas-announces-campaign-to-knock-off-vulnerable-california-house-republican%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975948&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democrat Rudy Salas Challenges\u200b Rep. David Valadao\u200d to \u200bRematch for\u200c California&#8217;s \u206222nd\u200b Congressional District<\/h2>\n<p>Democrat\u200b Rudy Salas is gearing up\u2062 for a \u200brematch against Rep. David\u200b Valadao (R-CA) in\u200d California&#8217;s 22nd Congressional District.\u2063 In an \u2064engaging announcement \u200bvideo, Salas\u200d highlights Valadao&#8217;s\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-expects-ties-visit-by-morocco-to-israel-next-week\/\" title=\"Netanyahu expects ties visit by Morocco to Israel next week\">close ties<\/a> to House\u2063 Speaker Kevin \u2063McCarthy\u200c (R-CA).<\/p>\n<p>The 22nd\u2063 Congressional District\u2063 is \u200bone of the few districts \u2064that President \u200bJoe Biden won in \u2062the \u200d2020 \u200dpresidential election, despite being \u200brepresented\u2063 by a Republican. This\u2064 race is seen as\u2062 a\u2063 significant opportunity \u200cfor Democrats\u2064 to gain\u2063 ground.<\/p>\n<h3>A Contentious Battle<\/h3>\n<p>In the \u200bprevious \u200celection, Salas narrowly lost to Valadao\u2063 by a \u200cmargin of \u200bjust 3 percentage\u2063 points. Undeterred, Salas uses his\u200d announcement \u2062video\u200c to portray Valadao \u200bas a\u200c puppet controlled \u200dby\u2064 McCarthy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;David Valadao is nothing\u200d more than Kevin \u2062McCarthy&#8217;s yes man.\u2063 They both need\u2063 to\u2064 go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Salas \u200bemphasizes his \u200ddedication \u2064to \u200dserving the \u2063people\u2062 who\u2064 contribute\u2063 to the \u200bfabric of \u2064society, such \u2062as farmers, \u2062educators, and \u200bcaregivers. He highlights his achievements in \u200cthe Assembly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rudy-salas-announces-campaign-to-knock-off-vulnerable-california-house-republican\/\" title=\"Rudy Salas aims to unseat vulnerable California House Republican in new campaign.\">including securing \u2062overtime pay<\/a>\u200b for farm workers,\u200b reducing\u2063 medicine\u200b costs,\u2063 and improving drinking water\u200b safety. Salas \u2063also takes pride \u2064in\u200c his independent stance, voting against\u2064 the gas\u200b tax \u2064and\u2064 advocating\u2062 for increased funding\u2064 for law\u200b enforcement\u2064 while protecting oil and\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-energy-secretary-pick-called-out-by-republicans-for-democrats-awful-record-on-green-jobs-video\/\" title=\"Biden Energy Secretary Pick Called Out By Republicans For Democrats\u2019 Awful Record On \u2018Green Jobs\u2019 (VIDEO)\">gas jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2064the \u2064National Republican Congressional Committee\u200c spokesperson, \u200cBen Petersen, criticizes \u2064Salas, accusing him of prioritizing special interests over \u2063the\u2063 needs of\u200c Central \u2062Valley \u200dvoters.\u200c Petersen claims \u200bthat \u2064Salas has\u200c contributed to\u200c inflation, supported a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-biggs-joe-bidens-plans-to-raise-gas-taxes-will-hurt-americans\/\" title=\"Rep. Biggs: Joe Biden\u2019s plans to raise gas taxes will hurt Americans\">gas tax increase<\/a>,\u200c voted for \u2063a medicine \u200ctax, and attacked the\u2063 Valley&#8217;s way\u200b of life.<\/p>\n<p>Valadao, along with Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), is one of \u200dthe two\u2063 House Republicans \u200bwho were reelected\u2063 after \u200cvoting to impeach \u200cformer President \u2063Donald \u200dTrump in\u200d 2021. Despite this, the Cook\u2062 Political Report rates the \u200drace as \u2064&#8221;lean Republican,&#8221; indicating a\u2063 competitive battle\u2062 ahead.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2064 the \u200bcampaign\u2063 unfolds, \u2062all eyes \u2062will be \u2062on the 22nd Congressional District to\u200b see if \u2064Salas can secure a victory and help Democrats gain momentum\u200b in\u2062 California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to\u2062 read\u200b more\u200b from\u2063 The\u200c Washington\u2064 Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Rudy Salas seeks a rematch against Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) for California&#8217;s 22nd Congressional District. In his video, Salas emphasizes Valadao&#8217;s connection to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). This district, won by President Joe Biden, stands as a rare Republican stronghold in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1975949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}