Republican David Valadao has defeated incumbent Rep. T.J. Cox in the close race for California's 21st congressional district, according to Decision Desk.
Valadao avenged his loss in the Central Valley district in 2018, when Cox narrowly defeated the three-term congressman by less than 900 votes as mail-in ballots were counted.
Though Valadao was leading on Election Night, Cox won the race several weeks later.
California has extremely lenient rules about mail-in ballots, allowing ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by midnight on Election Day and received within the three days following.
In the aftermath, Valadao blamed "Ballot harvesting" for his loss.
California Republicans joined in the "Ballot harvesting" in 2020, putting ballot boxed in party offices, churches, and retail stores owned by conservatives.
Valadao's victory means that Republicans have flipped four Democrat-held seats in California, the most of any state, clawing back a majority of the seven California seats they lost to Democrats in 2018.
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Republican David Valadao Unseats Democrat T.J. Cox in California; Avenges 2018 Loss
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