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    Analysis: After primaries, California takes on unique role in battle for control of Congress

    by Melanie Mason and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Jun 08, 2022 5 minutes
    Los Angeles Democratic Mayoral candidate Rick Caruso hugs a supporter while he hosts a primary night event on June 7, 2022, in Los Angeles.

    The warmup act is over. On to the main event.

    Attention now turns to the general election in November, and over the next five months, California will play a significant role in the battle to control the U.S. House.

    For Democrats, winning the most competitive congressional seats here is nothing short of essential in their uphill bid to retain the chamber. Their hope lies in exploiting political mismatches — districts that backed President Joe Biden in 2020 but have a Republican member of Congress — and California offers more of these opportunities than anywhere else in the country.

    "It makes the state important for Democrats who are looking for any possible way to maintain their majority," said Jacob Rubashkin, an analyst with Inside Elections, a nonpartisan campaign tipsheet. "The only way they have any

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