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Game, set, match, that's a ball game, folks. Democratic candidate from California's 13th congressional district, Adam Gray, is officially declaring victory in his race against the MAGA Republican incumbent, John Duarte. California's 13th congressional district is in the Inland Empire in California. This means it is official. California has flipped three MAGA Republican seats to Democrats.
What this means, folks, is that the final House composition is going to be 220 Republicans to 215 Democrats. But because of all of Donald Trump's cabinet picks, including those accused of child sex trafficking. And I'm talking about Matt Gaetz. By the way, can we release that ethics report? As soon as this new Congress begins, it will actually only be about 217 to 215, maybe even 216.
to 215, meaning that MAGA Mike Johnson is going to have a lot of trouble getting rules passed, getting legislation through, or getting anything done at all. Remember how chaotic it previously was when MAGA Mike Johnson had a small but significantly bigger advantage in the House of Representatives. And folks, this comes as a big shock for MAGA Mike Johnson.
He was previously telling Donald Trump, stop appointing these House Republicans to the cabinet. You're killing me here, Donald, is what he was saying. One of my theories, although I don't want to get conspiratorial though, but I'll say this, is that Donald Trump realizes that if he doesn't have opposition in the House, then he's going to get blamed for all of the screw up.
So he wants to find a way to try to blame people for something. So he doesn't care that it's chaotic. But I won't go down that rabbit hole. I think for now, it's important to note that these were three big flips and now it is official. As our friend Lakshya Jain from Split Ticket says, this brings an end to the 2024 cycle for now.
Unless a recount reveals an error in the tabulation, we don't expect there to be an error in the tabulation from the recount. As the final component to our coverage of the cycle, we'll have our split-ticket model post-mortem released this week with statistical evaluations of performance now that it's done. Adam Gray put out the following statement.
I'm honored to become the congressman-elect for California's 13th congressional district. Let's go. The final results confirm this district is ready for independent and accountable leadership that always puts the valley's people ahead of partisan politics. But the work has just begun. In Washington, I'll work every day to deliver the resources that the valley needs, clean water,
better educational opportunities, stronger infrastructure, and more good paying jobs. And you can count on me to build bipartisan relationships to accomplish these goals. I am deeply grateful to all those who volunteered their time, chipped in to help our campaign, or took a moment out of their busy day to learn about our race.
And I am especially thankful for my campaign team, my friends, and my family. Now let's get to work. Folks, we're talking about a lead in votes of about 187 votes. It's why all votes matter. It's why we always tell people here, get out and vote. 187 votes separated the winner here from the loser. And by the way,
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