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Though Wahab topped a June primary field by a wide margin, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095020/aisha-wahab-to-file-fec-complaint-over-alleged-election-interference-in-race-for-swalwell-seat\">millions of dollars of outside spending\u003c/a> have poured into the district — throwing Democratic divisions over Israel and party leadership into stark relief.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In initial returns on Tuesday night, Wahab was ahead of Hernandez 51% to 49% — a lead of fewer than 2,000 votes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m very proud of this district for not listening to the hate-mongering and really knowing and believing the work that I’ve done,” Wahab told KQED. “We believe that the numbers and the lead will just only grow.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The infighting is unlikely to end with this week’s results. While the winner of the special election will complete Swalwell’s term through the end of the year, Wahab and Hernandez will again face off on the November general election ballot for a full two-year term. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1393\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GettyImages-2263914577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095858\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GettyImages-2263914577.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GettyImages-2263914577-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GettyImages-2263914577-1536x1081.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Aisha Wahab attends a press conference with Gov. Gavin Newsom about new statewide accountability and funding for homelessness and mental health in Hayward, California, on March 2, 2026. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In an interview, Hernandez said she was still looking forward to seeing more results — and was heartened by the gains she made since finishing well behind Wahab in the special election primary.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“Initially we had a lot of folks in the race … now it’s only us two,” Hernandez said. “So it’s really folks getting to know who I am.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the nine-week sprint since the primary, the race has turned into a proxy war for larger divides between moderate and progressive Democrats, said David McCuan, political science professor at Sonoma State University. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You see a lot of outside money, a lot of outside influences, and you see a battle between two seasoned, smart politicians that isn’t settled this week,” McCuan said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wahab, a former Hayward City Council member, has represented the area in the state Senate since 2023. 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Neither Wahab nor Hernandez has focused their campaign on America’s relationship with Israel — although in a candidate forum this spring, Wahab said she believed what was happening to the Palestinian people constituted a genocide. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hernandez responded to the yes-or-no question by saying she believed that Israel had a right to defend itself after Hamas’ attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, but that the subsequent destruction in Gaza has gone too far. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GH26_95996.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095919\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GH26_95996.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GH26_95996-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GH26_95996-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BART board director Melissa Hernandez. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Outright lies,” Macaluso said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wahab stopped short of blaming any particular group, but her campaign has collected examples of the comments and is finalizing a request to Meta to analyze the activity, according to Macaluso. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said the team will simultaneously file a complaint with the FEC, asking it to investigate whether the activity is part of an organized, paid effort to influence the election that should have been reported under federal campaign-finance law.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Wahab campaign’s complaint comes as campaign-finance allegations are flying in both directions in the race. Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley earlier this month \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uplzCZUVFri8yw3n51x6Z6CBWrP0Vl_G/view?usp=sharing\">filed a separate FEC complaint\u003c/a> accusing Wahab of receiving an illegal, unreported in-kind contribution after her state Senate campaign gave $60,000 to the Alameda County Democratic Party, which later launched an independent expenditure supporting her. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I would consider that money laundering,” Miley said at a press conference put on by the Hernandez campaign Friday. “I must admit I’ve never seen a money trail this brazen…. Our district deserves better leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement, Wahab called the complaint “a political stunt and transparent retribution…I called attention to failures Miley would rather keep buried: a $12 million settlement over the preventable death of Sophia Mason, state intervention in Alameda County’s child welfare system, an independent audit, and SB 1193 to rein in politicians’ discretionary slush funds.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Db_tvpVmcE9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\">statement posted to Instagram\u003c/a>, the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee denied wrongdoing, writing “As is routine for county central committees, every election cycle, the ACDCC works to support candidates and measures we have endorsed, and our work is independently directed.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hernandez’s campaign situates Miley’s complaint within a broader argument that Wahab’s criticisms of AIPAC’s spending are hypocritical. “Senator Wahab has spent this entire campaign attacking Melissa over who funds her campaign, so let’s talk about who funds Senator Wahab’s campaign,” Alameda County Supervisor David Haubert said at Friday’s event, lambasting her for taking donations from the pharmaceutical and fossil fuel industries. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“She cashes those checks, she lectures us about corruption,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement Wednesday, Hernandez said: “Our campaign is getting hit by bots too, likely from her wealthy corporate donors. 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We’re winning votes from voters who are comparing our records.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wahab handily beat Hernandez in the June primary, but outside spending has since poured in, turning up the intensity of the race in its final stretch. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GettyImages-2288364439-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094275\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GettyImages-2288364439-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GettyImages-2288364439-2000x1334.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GettyImages-2288364439-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GettyImages-2288364439-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/GettyImages-2288364439-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, called for Democratic unity on Wednesday after narrowly defeating the party establishment’s candidate in Michigan and claiming the nomination for one of November’s most important US Senate races. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That includes $1.2 million from the United Democracy Project, which is backed by AIPAC, and $2.1 million from Bold American Pac, according to \u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>’s reporting. 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"content": "\u003cp>Every registered voter in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> should by now have received their ballot for the state’s June 2 primary election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But why are voters in the East Bay cities of Fremont, Hayward, Livermore and Pleasanton about to receive \u003cem>another \u003c/em>ballot in their mailbox?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s because the sudden resignation of former Rep. Eric Swalwell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079746/rep-eric-swalwell-says-he-is-resigning-from-congress-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\">following sexual assault allegations\u003c/a> created a vacancy in California’s 14th Congressional District, where these voters live. A special primary election to fill that seat will be held on June 16, just two weeks after California’s regularly scheduled primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a result of California’s monthlong window of early voting, there will be two weeks of overlap between voting in the primary election and special election — meaning thousands of voters in this district might be juggling two different ballots during that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a guide to help East Bay voters sort through the unexpected election wrinkle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhoisrunninginthespecialelectiontoreplaceSwalwell\">Who is running in the special election to replace Swalwell? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#IfSwalwellwasmyrepresentativehowcanIcastmyballot\">If Swalwell was my representative, how can I cast my ballot?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why is there a special election for Congress in the 14th District?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Swalwell decided last year to run for governor instead of seeking another term in Congress. A crowded field of candidates jumped into the primary to succeed him in representing the 14th District — with the top two finishers in the June 2 primary, regardless of party, advancing to the November general election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 10, Swalwell was accused of sexual assault by a former staff member in reports published by the\u003cem> San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> and CNN. Since then, more women have come forward with sexual assault and misconduct allegations, which Swalwell has denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078891\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Swalwell is interviewed on Political Breakdown by Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer at KQED in San Francisco on April 6, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On April 12, Swalwell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079583\">suspended\u003c/a> his campaign for governor. A day later, he announced he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079746/rep-eric-swalwell-says-he-is-resigning-from-congress-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\">resigning\u003c/a> from Congress — a position he’d have otherwise continued to serve in for the rest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell’s departure leaves a vacancy in a district that includes Castro Valley, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton and Union City, and parts of Dublin, Fremont, and San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026.04-Special-Election-Proclamation-CA-District-14-SIGNED-1.pdf\">called\u003c/a> a special election to fill the seat as soon as possible during the few months between Swalwell’s resignation and when his East Bay seat would change hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why isn’t this special election being held \u003cem>with \u003c/em>the June primary?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First off, combining the special election vote with the June 2 primary would not have been legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with an election already underway to succeed Swalwell, Newsom could have chosen to leave the seat open until January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12075788 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Rep. Eric Swalwell addresses the press in Hayward on March 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Instead, he called the special election within hours of Swalwell’s resignation and scheduled it for Aug. 18, the earliest date allowed under state law, which requires at least 126 days between the governor’s proclamation and an election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this vote to replace Swalwell in the 14th District first needed a \u003cem>primary \u003c/em>election. And since California election rules require a primary to be held nine Tuesdays before the special election, this has resulted in the June 16 primary special election date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With control of the House of Representatives separated by just a handful of votes, Newsom moved quickly to get a representative in the safely Democratic 14th District. For comparison, when Republican Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068742/northern-california-republican-congressman-doug-lamalfa-dies-at-65\">Doug LaMalfa died in January\u003c/a>, Newsom waited 10 days before calling a special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhoisrunninginthespecialelectiontoreplaceSwalwell\">\u003c/a>Who is running in the special election to replace Swalwell in his East Bay congressional district?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Eleven candidates are on the special election ballot. State Sen. Aisha Wahab, former BART Director Melissa Hernandez and educator Rakhi Israni are the most notable Democrats in the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on the ballot: Democrats Alisha Cordes, a business administrator, administrative law judge Sheriene Ridenour and businessman Jot Thiara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Republicans running are real estate investor Wendy Huang, florist Dena Maldonado, businessman Tom Wong and educator Jack Wu. Victor Zevallos, a financial business strategist, is running as an independent.[aside label=\"From the 2026 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/alameda,Alameda County: Your Voter Guide to Navigate the Candidates and Issues on Your Ballot' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2026/04/Aside-Voter-Guide-2026-Local-Elections-Alameda-County-1200x1200@2x.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What about the ‘regular’ June 2 primary election that was already planned to fill Swalwell’s seat as of January?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hernandez, Huang, Israni, Maldonado and Wahab are also running in a field of nine candidates seeking a full term on the June 2 state primary ballot. Essentially, they want to not only fill Swalwell’s seat in January, but also to start earlier, thanks to the special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other candidates are only running in the regularly scheduled June 2 primary. You can learn more about the field, their supporters and where they stand on key issues in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/alameda/congress-14th-district\">KQED Primary Voter Guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The June 2 primary will take place under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064834/how-prop-50-just-rewrote-californias-2026-congressional-map\">new congressional district lines approved by California voters last year through Proposition 50\u003c/a>, while the special election will take place under the current district lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The differences are subtle: the current district includes all of Castro Valley, while the new district splits the city and takes in a greater number of voters from Dublin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So not all East Bay voters who receive a special election ballot — to decide who’ll fill Swalwell’s seat for several months in 2026 — will get to vote on his long-term replacement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"IfSwalwellwasmyrepresentativehowcanIcastmyballot\">\u003c/a>Swalwell was my representative. How can I cast my ballot in the special election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>All voters in the 14th District under the current lines will receive a special election ballot in the mail beginning on May 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters can \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082074/california-primary-2026-dropbox-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-find-my-polling-place-election-day-voter-guide\">return or cast their ballots at the same drop boxes and voting locations\u003c/a> already open for the June 2 primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 3, the day after the primary, 28 drop boxes will remain open around the 14th Congressional District for the area’s voters to use, according to Cynthia Cornejo, Alameda County’s interim registrar of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additional vote centers for the special election will open their doors on June 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082075/california-primary-elections-2026-faq-governors-race-vote-ballot-signature-how-to-correct-mistake\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Read more about tips for filling out your vote-by-mail ballot, including how to correct a mistake. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When does the winner of the special election take office?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If one candidate receives a majority of the votes in the June 16 election, they win the election outright and head to Washington to be sworn into Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12062766 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GettyImages-2244994619-scaled-e1778879389849.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1327\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A voter drops his ballot in a drop box inside of San Francisco City Hall on Nov. 4, 2025 in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But if no candidate receives a majority, the top two finishers advance to a runoff on Aug. 18. Ballots for that runoff would be mailed out to voters in mid-July. The winner of that race will be sworn in with just a couple of months to serve until the term ends in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The June 16 special election will cost Alameda County approximately $6 million, Cornejo said. If the race heads to a runoff in August, the county would be on the hook for another $6 million in election costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is Swalwell still running for governor?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Swalwell’s name is still on the June 2 primary ballot for governor, even though he has suspended his campaign and disappeared from public view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell’s exit from the governor’s race came after the deadline for candidates to remove their names from the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the disgraced former Congress member remains one of the 61 names on the ballot for California’s top job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Every registered voter in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> should by now have received their ballot for the state’s June 2 primary election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But why are voters in the East Bay cities of Fremont, Hayward, Livermore and Pleasanton about to receive \u003cem>another \u003c/em>ballot in their mailbox?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s because the sudden resignation of former Rep. Eric Swalwell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079746/rep-eric-swalwell-says-he-is-resigning-from-congress-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\">following sexual assault allegations\u003c/a> created a vacancy in California’s 14th Congressional District, where these voters live. A special primary election to fill that seat will be held on June 16, just two weeks after California’s regularly scheduled primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a result of California’s monthlong window of early voting, there will be two weeks of overlap between voting in the primary election and special election — meaning thousands of voters in this district might be juggling two different ballots during that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a guide to help East Bay voters sort through the unexpected election wrinkle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhoisrunninginthespecialelectiontoreplaceSwalwell\">Who is running in the special election to replace Swalwell? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#IfSwalwellwasmyrepresentativehowcanIcastmyballot\">If Swalwell was my representative, how can I cast my ballot?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why is there a special election for Congress in the 14th District?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Swalwell decided last year to run for governor instead of seeking another term in Congress. A crowded field of candidates jumped into the primary to succeed him in representing the 14th District — with the top two finishers in the June 2 primary, regardless of party, advancing to the November general election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 10, Swalwell was accused of sexual assault by a former staff member in reports published by the\u003cem> San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> and CNN. Since then, more women have come forward with sexual assault and misconduct allegations, which Swalwell has denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078891\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260406-ERIC-SWALWELL-ON-PB-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Swalwell is interviewed on Political Breakdown by Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer at KQED in San Francisco on April 6, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On April 12, Swalwell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079583\">suspended\u003c/a> his campaign for governor. A day later, he announced he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079746/rep-eric-swalwell-says-he-is-resigning-from-congress-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\">resigning\u003c/a> from Congress — a position he’d have otherwise continued to serve in for the rest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell’s departure leaves a vacancy in a district that includes Castro Valley, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton and Union City, and parts of Dublin, Fremont, and San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026.04-Special-Election-Proclamation-CA-District-14-SIGNED-1.pdf\">called\u003c/a> a special election to fill the seat as soon as possible during the few months between Swalwell’s resignation and when his East Bay seat would change hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why isn’t this special election being held \u003cem>with \u003c/em>the June primary?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First off, combining the special election vote with the June 2 primary would not have been legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with an election already underway to succeed Swalwell, Newsom could have chosen to leave the seat open until January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12075788 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Rep. 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Continued delays also jeopardize nearly 1,000 affordable housing units planned within the surrounding Transit Priority Development Area, undermining regional housing and mobility goals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab directed BART to the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, which provides grants to modernize California’s intercity, commuter, and urban rail systems, as well as bus and ferry transit systems, to significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and congestion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Irvington BART Station has been planned since it was studied as part of the Warm Springs extension in 1979, and its construction was approved by the BART board in 1992.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several agencies gave millions of dollars to fund the design phase of Irvington, including the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Alameda County Transportation Commission. In 2014, Alameda County voters approved Measure BB, which allocated $120 million toward the station’s construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, BART officials have worked with the city of Fremont to update the station’s concept plan, surrounding area plan and environmental review. As of November 2023, the start of construction was pushed back to mid-2026, and the station opening to 2031.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963801\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11963801 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-scaled-e1760983873339.jpg\" alt=\"A South Asian woman in a gray suit speaks into a mic.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Aisha Wahab, D-Fremont, speaks during the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade at San Francisco City Hall on Jan. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wahab’s letter listed a variety of ways in which Irvington is an advantageous candidate for the funding, including that environmental clearance is complete, and 14 of 17 relevant properties have been acquired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Wahab and BART Board President Melissa Hernandez are running to fill the Congressional seat vacated by East Bay U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell in his run for governor, but Wahab told KQED she’d be happy to mediate between the city and BART, which have been in negotiations over the proposed station for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public transit agency has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070685/campaign-to-avert-bay-area-public-transit-death-spiral-gets-underway\">staggering\u003c/a> through a financial crisis ever since the COVID-19 pandemic gutted \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/about/reports/ridership\">ridership\u003c/a>. BART officials have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054992/newsom-will-not-provide-stopgap-loan-to-prevent-cuts-to-bay-area-transit-lawmakers-say\">warned of drastic cuts\u003c/a> without more state funding, saying they face a $350 million to $400 million annual deficit beginning in the 2027 fiscal year.[aside postID=news_12071026 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/20241204-BART-JY-023_qed.jpg']The agency balanced its FY26 budget with $35 million in cuts and cost controls, and BART board members have been lobbying in Sacramento for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054992/newsom-will-not-provide-stopgap-loan-to-prevent-cuts-to-bay-area-transit-lawmakers-say\">bridge loans\u003c/a> while pursuing a November 2026 ballot measure. Should that measure fail with voters, contingency plans to be presented at the next board meeting on Feb. 12 are expected to include a recommendation that the agency close between 10 and 15 stations. Details, including which stations are potentially on the chopping block, will be released to the public at the end of next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The letter caught us off guard,” said Alicia Trost, chief communications officer for BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is applying for TIRCP money to rebuild aging infrastructure and power stations responsible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070756/frustrating-bart-board-directors-react-to-inconclusive-report-on-systemwide-delays\">recent service disruptions\u003c/a>, and Trost said BART doesn’t want to submit a competing application for Irvington that might endanger the application for funds to support core services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are core things that our riders rely on, in order to keep BART survivable,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if Fremont managed to raise the remaining funds to build \u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/19401/638997628481730000\">Irvington\u003c/a>, Trost said the station is not a priority for the agency for the foreseeable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have the money to staff a 51st BART station,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that the agency is able to operate the Milpitas and Berryessa stations only because of \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/about\">Valley Transportation Agency\u003c/a> funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1198\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED-1536x920.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map outlining the proposed development at Irvington Station. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of BART)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city and the senator agree that Fremont has previously agreed to raise all the money necessary to build Irvington on its own, but the city cannot apply for TIRCP funds as it’s not the relevant transit agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We acknowledge the challenging times for funding Bay Area transit and emphasize the urgent need to invest in both operations and projects that will increase ridership and bring transit closer to jobs and housing,” Fremont Mayor Raj Salwan wrote to KQED in an email. “Building the Irvington BART station is a cost-effective way to add new riders and a commitment to the Alameda County voters. Since the tracks are already in place, this project is much less expensive than extending tracks to new areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab emphasized that the MTC is supportive of Fremont’s bid. The Irvington BART Station was listed as a “near-term priority” for the years 2025-2035 in the MTC’s \u003ca href=\"https://mtc.ca.gov/planning/long-range-planning/plan-bay-area-2050\">Plan Bay Area 2050+\u003c/a>, approved by that agency’s planning committee a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab expressed exasperation with the Bay Area’s 27 transit agencies and their collective inability to deliver a public transit system that serves the nine counties as a viable alternative to driving for the bulk of the population, especially in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep seeing the requests for more funding to these agencies, yet less and less accountability to the public, and this [Irvington] is a prime example.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:55 a.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ambitious proposal for a regional tax seen as crucial to the long-term survival of Bay Area public transit agencies is dead, the casualty of a dispute over the scope of the measure and who would control the billions of dollars it would raise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sens. Scott Wiener of San Francisco and Aisha Wahab of Hayward, the Democratic co-authors of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1031\">SB 1031\u003c/a>, announced late Thursday they were pulling the bill from further consideration this year in the face of growing opposition across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We worked very hard over the course of this year to try to build consensus within the region around this measure,” Wiener said in an interview. “It became clear that we didn’t have enough time to get that done this year. There are times when you have to take a deep breath, hit the reset button and start over again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab issued a statement saying the needs the bill addressed, including efficiency, agency consolidation and improved governance, are still urgent. “Riders deserve that, and stakeholders need to prioritize these efforts to save public transit,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation, dubbed the Connect Bay Area Act, would authorize a November 2026 vote on a multicounty tax measure to raise as much as $1.5 billion a year to help pay for train, bus and ferry operations and for initiatives to help better integrate the 27 agencies that deliver those services. The bill would also pay for some street and highway work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said he remains committed to crafting a plan that will allow transit agencies to head off major deficits and deep service cuts and promised to bring a new measure to the Legislature early next year. Work on a new proposal will begin immediately, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My hope — I can’t guarantee it — but my hope is that by late 2024 we’ll at least have a structure in place so we can be optimistic about 2025 and give the (transit) operators that same optimism” that financial help is on the way, Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill has been seen as crucial to ensuring that BART, Muni, AC Transit, Caltrain and other agencies aren’t forced to slash service because of catastrophic deficits they’re facing in the next few years. The shortfalls are due mostly to the loss of ridership and fare revenue thanks to the pandemic and continuing shifts in work and commute patterns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation was also seen as a vehicle to pay for making transit more frequent, reliable and affordable across the region. It would do that not only by helping agencies purchase more vehicles, but by integrating fares and schedules among agencies and requiring large employers to subsidize all-you-can-ride transit passes for their workers.[aside postID=\"news_11985190,news_11985965\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the bill, which is just as complex as its 10,000-word length implies, drew resistance from many quarters. Progressive transportation advocates said they’d oppose the measure if it allowed funding for highway expansion projects. Officials with some transit operators, like Caltrain, didn’t like a provision that would require a study of how to consolidate at least some of the region’s 27 agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was also a falling out about what kind of taxes or fees the bill should allow. The proposal offered several alternatives: a half-cent sales tax, a parcel tax on property owners, a payroll tax to be paid by employers, or a future vehicle registration surcharge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But business groups, including the Bay Area Council, said they’d oppose a payroll tax. Some bill supporters were cool to the idea of a sales tax, a levy that would fall most heavily on lower-income residents in an already heavily taxed region. Bill sponsors rejected a proposal from progressive transit advocates to consider a regional income tax on higher-income residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the most significant disagreements centered on the issue of “return to source,” or how much money raised in each Bay Area county would be available to use there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill provided that tax proceeds would be funneled through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. It guaranteed that during the proposed tax measure’s first five years, at least 70% of revenue generated in a county would be invested in projects and programs that benefited that county. That percentage would rise to 90% after the initial five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County officials came out against the measure, saying that the initial 70% allocation was too low and that funds should come back directly to the county without the MTC’s involvement. Officials in the South Bay said they were also concerned that a new sales tax would interfere with several existing sales taxes that support transit operations in the county and are being used to help pay for the $12.7 billion BART extension through downtown San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That dispute came to a head last Friday when the bill made it to the State Senate floor. Sen. 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I was not, however, prepared for the extent of some of the comments … I was told I was a cancer. I was told I was poison. 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You’re targeted for what other people perceive you to be … The reality is that you know who you are, you know why you went into these campaigns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11691826/from-loan-officer-to-candidate-the-ups-and-downs-of-janelle-hornes-first-campaign\">Janelle Horne is running for recorder-clerk in El Dorado County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11692261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11692261\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Janelle Horne is making her inaugural bid for recorder clerk in El Dorado County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Horne is making her inaugural bid for recorder clerk in El Dorado County. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Janelle Horne)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My opponent’s campaign, however, has gone down the negative road and it’s very disappointing. But my message is very strong and we are sticking to it and we have. I’ve informed my supporters and my committee that we will not go down that road because it is all about public service not politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11693499/theres-nothing-comparable-to-being-a-candidate-myel-jenkins-runs-for-her-local-school-board\">Myel Jenkins is running for San Juan Unified School District Board in Sacramento County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11693537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11693537\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-800x1204.jpg\" alt=\"Myel Jenkins\" width=\"800\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-800x1204.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-1020x1535.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-797x1200.jpg 797w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-1180x1776.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-960x1445.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-240x361.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-375x564.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-520x783.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Myel Jenkins \u003ccite>(Courtesy Myel Jenkins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m strong I’m fierce. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Record numbers of women have been energized to get involved in politics since the 2016 presidential election. KQED decided to help tell those women’s stories and asked our audience to join us in this endeavor we’re calling “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/the-long-run\">The Long Run\u003c/a>.” We chose four women across the state to share their experiences with us, checking in with them over the course of their campaigns.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Before the polls close on Tuesday, these candidates reflect on the lessons they’ve learned on their first campaign. Here are some highlights from their journey, (and for more stories, check out the audio for each candidate):\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689429/youre-in-my-seat-betty-valencias-run-for-orange-city-council\">\u003cstrong>Betty Valencia is running for Orange City Council\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV-800x656.jpg\" alt=\"Betty Valencia (right) with a supporter in the city of Orange, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV-800x656.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV-160x131.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV-1020x837.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV-1200x984.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV-1180x968.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV-960x788.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV-240x197.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV-375x308.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/BettyV-520x427.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Valencia (right) with a supporter in the city of Orange, California. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Betty Valencia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As an immigrant, Latina, queer candidate, I expected some resistance. I was not, however, prepared for the extent of some of the comments … I was told I was a cancer. I was told I was poison. Those are hard things to to take when you really have a mission and a goal: to to be the best you can be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11694330/every-day-is-an-emotional-roller-coaster-aisha-wahabs-run-for-hayward-city-council\">\u003cstrong>Aisha Wahab is running for Hayward City Council\u003c/strong> \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11694334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11694334\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/IMG_1809-800x527.jpg\" alt=\"Aisha Wahab is running for Hayward City Council.\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aisha Wahab is running for Hayward City Council. \u003ccite>(Jack Owicki)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had our car broken into. We’ve had some incredibly insensitive comments made to us. You’re targeted for what other people perceive you to be … The reality is that you know who you are, you know why you went into these campaigns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11691826/from-loan-officer-to-candidate-the-ups-and-downs-of-janelle-hornes-first-campaign\">Janelle Horne is running for recorder-clerk in El Dorado County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11692261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11692261\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Janelle Horne is making her inaugural bid for recorder clerk in El Dorado County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/horne-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Horne is making her inaugural bid for recorder clerk in El Dorado County. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Janelle Horne)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My opponent’s campaign, however, has gone down the negative road and it’s very disappointing. But my message is very strong and we are sticking to it and we have. I’ve informed my supporters and my committee that we will not go down that road because it is all about public service not politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11693499/theres-nothing-comparable-to-being-a-candidate-myel-jenkins-runs-for-her-local-school-board\">Myel Jenkins is running for San Juan Unified School District Board in Sacramento County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11693537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11693537\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-800x1204.jpg\" alt=\"Myel Jenkins\" width=\"800\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-800x1204.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-1020x1535.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-797x1200.jpg 797w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-1180x1776.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-960x1445.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-240x361.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-375x564.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut-520x783.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32921_Copy-of-low-res_jenkins-family-55-qut.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Myel Jenkins \u003ccite>(Courtesy Myel Jenkins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m strong I’m fierce. I have an opinion. I have a voice. I can help make change. And that has been so empowering. So no matter what the results are on Nov. 6, this has been transformative.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "'Every Day Is an Emotional Roller Coaster': Aisha Wahab's Run for Hayward City Council",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Record numbers of women have been energized to get involved in politics since the 2016 presidential election. KQED decided to help tell some of these women’s stories as part of our series “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/the-long-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Long Run\u003c/a>.” We chose women across the state and across ethnic groups to share their experiences with us, and we checked in with them over the course of their campaigns.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More from KQED's The Long Run\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/the-long-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/thelongrun_final01-qut-1180x632.jpg\" width=\"400\" align=\"alignright\"> \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Aisha Wahab is Afghan-American, in her 30s, and she lives in Hayward. She's running for Hayward City Council \u003ca href=\"https://www.hayward-ca.gov/your-government/elections/candidate-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against six other candidates\u003c/a>, because she wants to be a champion for issues affecting working families. She's tried advocating and working with the council before, but she says her attempts have fallen on deaf ears. So she's stepping up to see what she can do to make change. \"If you don't see the woman, be the woman,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>On every day being an emotional roller coaster:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\"I'm currently just sitting in front of my computer trying to process everything on an emotional level of what has happened in the past week or two. We're very excited, very nervous, very uncomfortable, very scared ... which [are not feelings] that I historically ever have. Or the fact that we just don't know what's going to happen.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003cb>\u003c/b>So, it just takes a lot out of you. Every single day is an emotional roller coaster. And I'm pretty much a balanced person on an emotional level, so this is very new to me. But overall we're very, very excited.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11694552\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11694552 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LND_98F55EE9-6496-4DB8-B9A6-2512D113D472-1020x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"585\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aisha Wahab (second from left) is running for Hayward City Council. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Aisha Wahab)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>On the frustrations of running as an Afghan-American:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\"One of the biggest things that I've been irritated with is [that people have said to me] that my opponents have been using the term 'radical' to describe me. And I personally think that the term 'radical' is used as a thinly veiled attempt to cast a negative shadow on my ethnicity, my name, my background, my entire culture if you will, because there are so many other words you could use besides radical. You could say progressive, you could say she's going to rock the boat. So, I'm not really happy about that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11694554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11694554\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/36484325_1835410353220600_2856889224550940672_n.jpg\" alt=\"Aisha Wahab speaking about her campaign.\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/36484325_1835410353220600_2856889224550940672_n.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/36484325_1835410353220600_2856889224550940672_n-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/36484325_1835410353220600_2856889224550940672_n-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/36484325_1835410353220600_2856889224550940672_n-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/36484325_1835410353220600_2856889224550940672_n-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/36484325_1835410353220600_2856889224550940672_n-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aisha Wahab speaking about her campaign. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Aisha Wahab)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>On giving disenfranchised communities a voice:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\"Immigrant communities, women, young folks, the whole 9 [yards]... they've all told me that it really doesn't matter what happens in November. The point is that you definitely are cracking that ceiling for the rest of us. So, a lot of people have said this to me and I'm very happy that they feel this optimistic and at the same time they understand what is truly at stake for us. It's not necessarily winning the seat or losing the seat. It's definitely [about] making sure that these particular communities have a voice. We're on the right path to make sure that one of us, if not now then later, can actually achieve being a strong voice for the larger community [for] those that are on the lower ends of the socioeconomic background.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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