{"id":7578,"date":"2026-03-09T18:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/09\/republican-rep-kiley-leaves-gop-tightening-johnsons-margins-axios\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T18:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:39:51","slug":"republican-rep-kiley-leaves-gop-tightening-johnsons-margins-axios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/09\/republican-rep-kiley-leaves-gop-tightening-johnsons-margins-axios\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Rep. Kiley leaves GOP, tightening Johnson&#8217;s margins &#8211; Axios"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNZ3J4UmxiX3pyWlFBOVoxZVJSNWZHdURzMHBIR0ItQW4xQTJtdmdKVDNFTnBpNmh0alZnODVlNjhUZVlkdUtJU01uN0ZGQnF2cjY0OGdzeTBUWlhmYUJSVmVhMDlObnViRVlaa3o2a0E4X2ItcXR2alNIa2cxSzBMQnFLQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Rep. Kiley leaves GOP, tightening Johnson&#8217;s margins<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTFBhUU9XUVh4RTU2ZzREVjZDZFYwZVpWNVhMQlFlT0dqQlBlcWJxQ2M1Y09rZk4zTXM0alE4TlAtcXpwWGYwOUxkSE9fanlnSEM2VktYaHFSYWFBNlRMSFB6cVp0aDRVMGVxUlBsZHJ4RVRWY1Q2MXl3VVJFeE5ZY3M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California congressman is leaving the Republican Party to become an independent amid tough reelection race<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNVGRJUFh0SFlFQzB0VTFVMmRqdTZ0UUFINjNXYUdQQ3R0elVkSkxfcW1xTzV0dGdMYmxSUmZWbXJVVlZRYWxrbGJGMFZNRHUtWkJmc3RLQWRpSVgteW9aNTJiek5nZl93NTVGWUZwV2JIMXkyU3lSbVVVNzdJTDlQYlcwR2ZkTloz0gGOAUFVX3lxTE9pRDNTeG1lWDJoWE12Qy1jdDJyTVJCSG56UnVTelhvcXM1aXRYOHZhUERrSkZjRVpyOTY4QkNoY1pfVTFjWEJPSS1XVVlfTHJtd3hHUFdfbGI5QVNiT3Y0V0szZXc4d3FGTFh2akxKWVA2T2dtZjJGWW9ORHd4eC14eDdBcTBQYzlUemhtZ2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">House Republican files for reelection as independent after California redistricting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNQXRYclY1Z0h2enl5dlY3UGNBbWN5by1WM2k3Z0JTRDJoV2NqQ1pub1h2SmxsYmxCQllxQW8zdWZHbTl4VkUwaVAzRWgxb3BkWWFzeU00aDZOVWFuWGlsel8xVlRnMTQxRkhyeHpOVjBUUXJYUDBDcXliUUdsYlRXMldoZ0VaNVM3bDVsRVpJSWwyeFNSSG9jaDljeDhHb3JvMHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California Republican ditches party to save reelection bid in gerrymandered district<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQeUdaN1ZqRnJTSTJQVTY1aHdfcy1iWEVGbU82UEZCckhxSC1kNVJfMFJXdHVKV205Q2xybVBLUFlsN1M5dGNIcDZUemRyZk9hYi1wSXdwcW5qTXEyMVFKSmNmelBGLVNGYkpxRVVzVFhhZUs0ZzF3WTBJbUJNUS1NanFXSmhmWi0xSWg5aFZpNGhYbHhiMUNqVlVOY2VrM183QkY1SWVaVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Kevin Kiley switches party affiliation to independent<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Rep. Kiley leaves GOP, tightening Johnson&#8217;s margins&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios California congressman is leaving the Republican Party to become an independent amid tough reelection race&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN House Republican&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/09\/republican-rep-kiley-leaves-gop-tightening-johnsons-margins-axios\/\" 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-7578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7578","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=7578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}