A Cox victory is the final indignity for California GOP
Republican leaders were hoping a candidate named Cox might create some buzz in the November election. He did. Unfortunately for the GOP, it was the wrong Cox.
Democrats had already achieved a blowout in California congressional races by the time T. J. Cox secured a come-from-behind victory last week in the Central Valley 21st district, defeating Republican incumbent David Valadao.
But Cox provided an exclamation point for just how stunning the election was. Democrats won in seven Republican districts in California and picked up 40 seats nationwide — the party’s biggest gain since the Watergate era in the mid-1970s and more than enough to win the House majority.
Republicans will now hold just seven of California’s 53 House seats. That sounds bad on its face, but historical context shows just how bleak things are for the state GOP delegation.
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