{"id":145188,"date":"2026-08-20T22:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/20\/progressive-aisha-wahab-wins-california-special-election-to-fill-eric-swalwell-seat-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T22:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T22:48:00","slug":"progressive-aisha-wahab-wins-california-special-election-to-fill-eric-swalwell-seat-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/20\/progressive-aisha-wahab-wins-california-special-election-to-fill-eric-swalwell-seat-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Aisha Wahab wins California special election to fill Eric Swalwell seat &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPWWs1aWRxSjVWRGYtaVdqZW8zbHROOGhFdVVIbTMwX0VVdXEyT29CSlhBaXdmOEhNclY4dVBJd0Q5TjVjaTVLbkZYTGE2NDRtcWV4TWVobUNXTkkxRWtxTUszbFpfVG5mMnNtNDRsQ1BUczVTcnRRTzhtRENjenJLVEhEUUF4UFQ4WXEtcXdMbklQNkkwbW5peW12R1l4Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Progressive Aisha Wahab wins California special election to fill Eric Swalwell seat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxOcXkwNzVvUl9FNDVqUU0ySWJmeUdHYWlxUWxzUk0zbHN4VlVxSEhQNGVEaHlKUjZDcExIUGJRQlJYOXpudENKQ1ZPRV9SSzkzMi1lem9XRWgzVXotQnFYampVUUVPM3BfRGRQMFB1ZFdtRnlTVXdsUTAtMENoVGN1cDM2QXNlSWhxaXB6TDJqcHlRd3pTRHd5WWQ1N2xHV01kcmR6SkVScW5ObUs4RnBGZG5YbnVFelYxa1loR0l6ZndMNDlNLXdfVzFVaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Aisha Wahab wins race to fill Swalwell\u2019s House seat, overcoming AIPAC spending<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNVHV4QW54YkY1dk9kZWVhMHFHU25YeTFrbGFCUUxMOWJEUU1JemktRkhydnBoRno5ZlZGS3REMmFLeVpmYVl5dFdnX1BING9lWUZNOXZDdmpTdDJ3QjhvR0p0dUV3eWp0RWZKRTNpRkt6MHZwOVVyUmZ1RFhHYUdqZUZWTXRaaDBMRG1Wa3p1bVdjVWpVYTRHaHh6cw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Aisha Wahab Wins California Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxPNzJQVVZzLU1teDhEM0tSa1JUTkNncGM4Ung2OEYwTW1FRmtRSXZuaVFMS21KYWpKN3dSdDA5U1pUVDFtbUt2NjNNaE9Zc0VsOWVBbXoySUFIbWdQYTJxVTBsWlZ1RVQzRHFIYUlUaW1FS1NqcWR6QWlhbXVaU0UxeklMVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Democrat Aisha Wahab will win Swalwell\u2019s House seat, CNN projects, overcoming millions in AIPAC spending<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxOMFZCZ2FKYkZsNFRERzZCdHg5UV9wajFQbXAzZ2d1V0pTY1lVZHBuZXd1QUZMN3gxbzlnNFZJWW82VGxDVkx2ZVFKTEJna2xKMmF0NGJiYlRJMTRkeHUtQU9NWWJOSFNZQ2VhbTJQTGZ1MklfZWRNX21lYkJVYllBWHJUbFNfcWNrWEJGN3BsNmZpa2hiQXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Aisha Wahab makes history as the first Afghan American elected to Congress<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Yahoo<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progressive Aisha Wahab wins California special election to fill Eric Swalwell seat&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian Aisha Wahab wins race to fill Swalwell\u2019s House seat, overcoming AIPAC spending&nbsp;&nbsp;The&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/20\/progressive-aisha-wahab-wins-california-special-election-to-fill-eric-swalwell-seat-the-guardian\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}