# What to know about California’s special election to replace Eric Swalwell

https://mins.news/en/item/25047

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-18 11:09 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/what-to-know-about-californias-special-election-to-replace-eric-swalwell?traffic_source=rss

> California’s 14th Congressional District is choosing between State Senator Aisha Wahab and transit official Melissa Hernandez in a special election to replace Eric Swalwell. The increasingly combative race has drawn about $4.1m in outside spending, including millions from AIPAC-affiliated groups, and has become a proxy fight over the Democratic Party’s direction.

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