{"id":146293,"date":"2026-08-22T00:40:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T00:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/22\/california-lawmaker-overcomes-pro-israel-spending-to-win-special-election-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T00:40:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T00:40:54","slug":"california-lawmaker-overcomes-pro-israel-spending-to-win-special-election-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/22\/california-lawmaker-overcomes-pro-israel-spending-to-win-special-election-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"California lawmaker overcomes pro-Israel spending to win special election &#8211; Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California lawmaker overcomes pro-Israel spending to win special election<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/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\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE05YUo0WmMwR1Fmb3V5blJ4NUFvTUpCOGhINFFNanJpVThNbVFTVmtULW9IUldhZ0swbFdPdC1ZdlRPUkU2YVhkaVJSa0E1azNGSjNySllPNEcyUHB3VXpCNTlmbk5ZdmNzaER2djZfdWZjRFJPaHBiR2ZVZXY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Aisha Wahab wins special election to replace Eric Swalwell in Congress<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPWXAtSlM1bDVYeTFlamJpZzRERFRxRFVIY1pDbW95bTZtd0ZSLUF5S1ZpZFZTM252dUpOc2pUaEUwbkVIQXpjMG85NGoxdjY0X2JZUFlaamtna2d5WHFGcXA0R2RESUlqWE9kendjZ1dWOUpVZ0lqMFljcy1rQ09oRmJJR09aWWFfWVgwdWdmcC1nYnpBb3lHWDJtbk13bGNGdDdyb3gwa0czanVkRWlITkE1TDV5Q3JhSlBTdW5ObHY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic California state legislator Wahab wins US House of Representatives seat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/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<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California lawmaker overcomes pro-Israel spending to win special election&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera Democrat Aisha Wahab will win Swalwell\u2019s House seat, CNN projects, overcoming millions in AIPAC spending&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/22\/california-lawmaker-overcomes-pro-israel-spending-to-win-special-election-al-jazeera\/\" 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-146293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146293","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=146293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}