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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrat Christy Smith has conceded in a knife-edged loss to Republican Mike Garcia in the race for a California Congressional seat.
Smith on Monday said she couldn't close a 339-vote gap against Garcia in the 25th District north of Los Angeles.
Garcia, a former fighter pilot, recaptured a district that Democrats had only won two years ago.
He won the vacant swing district in a May special election following the resignation of Rep. Katie Hill in 2019.
After a string of 2018 losses, it's the fourth House seat that Republicans have reclaimed this year in the heavily Democratic state.
