{"id":145258,"date":"2026-08-21T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/21\/california-lawmaker-aisha-wahab-wins-special-election-to-succeed-eric-swalwell-in-congress-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T00:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T00:48:00","slug":"california-lawmaker-aisha-wahab-wins-special-election-to-succeed-eric-swalwell-in-congress-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/21\/california-lawmaker-aisha-wahab-wins-special-election-to-succeed-eric-swalwell-in-congress-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"California lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell in Congress &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxOcVc1YUxqYzlMRG9jTktiQXQtaGE5bDUyd3RhLUNoNENuOWc0TmN5SE1JTjgxUkpRbjlXcmNXb1FqNTItSEk2YjBTVnpCMDY4VmFDUERQMWg2bzRUYjlwTEg0ZjNzVDVlS3NHYjZQRTlxcDhmV2tPWHJlWGY3czBfMVNPZ1J0QWN2OG9CaTBDN2ItTGpCYWZHZHpnOUpGT20yS1BSYy1nRWZiWTlBY0FLWlB3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell in Congress<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/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\/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<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\/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<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell in Congress&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News Aisha Wahab Wins California Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell&nbsp;&nbsp;The New&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/21\/california-lawmaker-aisha-wahab-wins-special-election-to-succeed-eric-swalwell-in-congress-ap-news\/\" 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-145258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145258","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=145258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}