News, Republican Rep. Ken Calvert defeats Democrat Will Rollins to hold Riverside County seat : detailed suggestions and opinions about Republican Rep. Ken Calvert defeats Democrat Will Rollins to hold Riverside County seat .
Rep. Ken Calvert, the longest-serving Republican member of California’s congressional delegation, won reelection in Riverside County despite being drawn into a less favorable district during the decennial reconfiguring of congressional maps.
Calvert beat Democrat Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, in a district that became much more competitive this year, in part because of the inclusion of one of the nation’s largest concentrations of LGBTQ voters. The Associated Press called the race Monday, though official results will take longer.
“This election demonstrated that Riverside County voters are more interested in people serious about solving our challenges, than personal politics,” Calvert said in a written statement in which he called Rollins an “extremist liberal.” “It’s clear that this district, like our country, is narrowly divided on a partisan basis. I am proud of my record of delivering results for Riverside County by working in a bipartisan manner throughout my career.”
Calvert, 69, was first elected to Congress in a 1992 contest decided by fewer than 600 votes. Born and raised in Corona, where he still lives, he has coasted to reelection for much of the past three decades.
Leave a Comment