California Congressional Candidates Debate in Race for Pivotal House Seat

Rep. John Duarte (R-Calif.) and Democrat candidate Adam Gray met Oct. 25 in the Central Valley town of Modesto for their last debate before voters decide in November which one will represent California’s 13th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Their contest is a rematch of the 2022 election, which proved to be the second closest House race of the year—after more than 133,000 ballots were counted, fewer than 600 votes separated the two. In a casual back-and-forth spanning about 90 minutes, the two sparred on energy policies, regulations, taxes, immigration, and more. Gray targeted what he said is an unproductive Congress that mismanaged the budget—calling for “tough decisions about revenue and spending and a reversal of tax cuts enacted under former President Donald Trump.”...