{"id":2373815,"date":"2024-11-27T09:47:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T14:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gop-flip-second-state-legislative-seat-3-weeks-after-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T09:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T14:48:00","slug":"california-gop-flip-second-state-legislative-seat-3-weeks-after-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gop-flip-second-state-legislative-seat-3-weeks-after-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"California GOP flip second state legislative seat, 3 weeks after election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fcalifornia-gop-flip-second-state-legislative-seat-3-weeks-after-election-washington-examiner%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=2373815&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--><p>In California, Republicans successfully flipped a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democrat-super-pac-tells-party-to-shape-up-or-face-serious-consequences\/\" title=\"Top Democrat Super PAC Tells Party to Shape Up or Face Serious Consequences\">state legislative seat<\/a> nearly three weeks after the general election, marking a significant event as it was the first time since 1980 that a Republican managed to flip a State Senate seat during a presidential election year. Steven Choi, a former Republican state senator, won against incumbent Democrat Josh Newman in Orange\u200b County. Newman&#8217;s previous term saw\u2063 a recall in 2018 linked to his support for 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>. His recent loss was attributed by Democrats to significant funding from \u200cthe \u2062American\u200c Federation of State, County \u2062and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 3299, which spent $3.5 million to support Choi and oppose Newman, following controversy over Newman\u2019s failure to support a bill aimed at expanding workers&#8217; rights in the University\u200b of California system. While Newman raised $7 million in his campaign for the 2024 election, \u200bChoi had significantly less at $564,193, highlighting disparities in campaign funding and support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">California GOP flip second state legislative seat, 3 weeks after election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1895580\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; California Republicans flipped a second seat in the state legislature, nearly three weeks after the general election. Republicans noted the party had not flipped a State Senate seat during a presidential election since 1980.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>President-elect Trump has won 38.2% of votes counted thus far in California, more than Senator Mitt Romney, R-Utah, in 2012, and former senator John McCain, R-Ariz., in 2008, but less than former president George W. Bush in 2004, who won 44.4% of the votes in California.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Steven Choi, a former Republican member of the State Senate, narrowly pulled out a victory in the Orange County district nearly three weeks after the general election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The incumbent Democrat, State Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, lost a recall in 2018 due to backlash against a gas tax increase he voted for, won office elsewhere after redistricting in 2020, and introduced a measure to limit future recalls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But California Democrats blame Newman&rsquo;s loss on one of the state&rsquo;s most powerful unions funding Choi to send a message regarding Newman&rsquo;s quashing of a bill to add rights for the workers at the University of California system into the state constitution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>KCRA reports the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299, which represents approximately 30,000 workers across the ten-campus University of California system, independently spent $3.5 million opposing Newman and helping Choi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Follow the Money, a project of Open Secrets, Newman raised a reported $7 million thus far on his 2024 election compared to a reported $564,193 thus far for Choi.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead of spending time, effort and energy helping Democrats win congressional races, [AFSCME] supported a supporter of Donald Trump,&rdquo; said Sen. President Pro Tem Mike McGuire to CalMatters. &ldquo;They supported a pro-Trump Republican who is anti worker.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AFSCME 3299 is a chapter of one of the most powerful, generally Democratic-aligned,unions in the state. Public sector unions are seen as the most powerful force in California politics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">private sector unions veered heavily<\/a> towards president-elect Trump in the 2020 election, public sector unions &mdash; outside unions for first-responders such as firefighters or police &mdash; generally supported Harris.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A rift between Democrats and traditionally very Democratic-friendly public sector unions in California &mdash; the most populous state in the nation and a political bedrock for the Democratic party could create a significant challenge for the party as it regroups after the 2024 election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks after the election, many races are uncalled, as about 183,000 ballots remain to be processed, only about 5,300 of which were mail-in ballots that arrived after Election Day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two weeks ago, when 1.7 million ballots remained to be processed, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/california\/article_93570f5c-a2e8-11ef-beeb-37eaeaa48b7f.html\">told<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;attendees of a virtual press conference that she and the state&rsquo;s elections officials &ldquo;take pride in the fact we are not rushed.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1895580\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1895580\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California GOP secures second legislative seat post-election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2373816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24002831070563-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4045,32321,6203,32603,43525],"class_list":["post-2373815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-california","tag-election-results","tag-gop","tag-political-news","tag-state-legislature"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24002831070563-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373815","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=2373815"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373819,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373815\/revisions\/2373819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}