Democrat George Whitesides has won a tough race to unseat Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Garcia in California’s 27th Congressional District LOS ANGELES -- Democrat George Whitesides, a former NASA chief of staff who had the support of national Democrats ...

Garcia won his first House race in a special election in 2020 after the seat was vacated by Rep. Katie Hill, a Democrat. He beat then-Assemblymember Christy Smith, a Democrat, in the spring 2020 race, and then he defeated her again in two subsequent races.

George Whitesides has defeated three-term GOP Rep. Mike Garcia, flipping a long-coveted Los Angeles area House seat to the Democrats’ column. Garcia — who conceded the race Monday — was a top target for multiple cycles,