Rural California is seeing its craziest election in years. Can a progressive win it?
Audrey Denney is trying to win a House seat twice – first in a special election, and then again after the district is redrawnInside an old Craftsman on the northern end of California’s Sacramento valley, Audrey Denney is spending the day on the phone – calling constituent after constituent to...
<p>Audrey Denney is trying to win a House seat twice – first in a special election, and then again after the district is redrawn</p><p>Inside an old Craftsman on the northern end of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a>’s Sacramento valley, Audrey Denney is spending the day on the phone – calling constituent after constituent to discuss rising healthcare costs, wildfire insurance premiums and cuts to benefits – and to solicit donations.</p><p>It’s the mundane way in which an epic, and uphill, battle for control of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-congress">US Congress</a> is being fought.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/audrey-denney-california-special-election">Continue reading...</a>
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