New poll shows tight race in key California House race

The House race in California’s 50th Congressional District is shaping up to be a neck-and-neck contest between former Rep. Darrell Issa (R) and Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, according to a new poll.

Both Issa and Campa-Najjar are running to fill the seat vacated by former Rep. Duncan Hunter (R), who resigned from his post earlier this year after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations. The district is a top target for Democrats after Campa-Najjar, a former Obama campaign official and Labor Department staffer, narrowly lost his 2018 bid to unseat Hunter by about 3 points.

In a new poll conducted by Campa-Najjar’s campaign and obtained exclusively by The Hill, Issa, who previously represented California’s neighboring 49th Congressional District, has a 48-45 advantage over his Democratic opponent among likely California voters. The difference falls within the poll’s margin of error.

Campa-Najjar is hopeful that he can overcome the GOP’s 11-point voter registration advantage in the district with a 30-point edge among self-identified Independents in the poll. He is also confident that voters will be turned off by Issa’s past leadership of Republican investigations into the Obama administration and the fact that Issa does not live in the district.

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