(The Center Square) – Voters in California’s 14th Congressional District will head to the ballot box Tuesday to choose the successor to former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell.
Swalwell, D-San Francisco Bay Area, resigned in April from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations. He also quit the gubernatorial race.
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