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Aisha Wahab Wins California House Special Election
Wahab won the special election for Eric Swalwell’s House seat, defeating Melissa Hernandez. Left-leaning outlets emphasize spending against Wahab, center outlets the result and rematch, and right-leaning outlets a progressive-establishment contest.
Lead article · Winnipeg Free Press · CENTERCalifornia lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell in CongressOUTLETSOUTLETS
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The sides
How each side told it
OUTLETS BY LEAN23 RATED · 12 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
THE FRAME11% · AVG CRED 60
“Overcoming outside spending”
2 MORE LEFT
NewsoneSAT 12:25 PMAisha Wahab Wins Special Election To Replace Eric SwalwellWahabNeutralHernandezNeutralCRED 61Daily KosFRI 4:59 PMCA-14: Wahab wins special election to replace SwalwellWahabNeutralHernandezNeutralCRED 44UNRATED · NOT ON THE SPECTRUM
- Al Jazeera · California lawmaker overcomes pro-Israel spending to win special electionNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- Middle East Eye · US elections: Aisha Wahab becomes first Afghan-American in CongressNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- Mercurynews · Aisha Wahab wins Swalwell's seat, becomes first Afghan American elected to CongressNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- Scrippsnews · Aisha Wahab becomes first Afghan American elected to CongressNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- The Independent · Progressive defies millions in AIPAC-linked spending to win Swalwell's old seatNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- thefrontierpost.com (original publisher not identified) · California lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell in CongressORIGINAL PUBLISHER NOT IDENTIFIED
- NBC Bay Area (original publisher not identified) · California lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell in CongressORIGINAL PUBLISHER NOT IDENTIFIED
- The New Indian Express (original publisher not identified) · California lawmaker Aisha Wahab becomes first Afghan-American elected to US CongressORIGINAL PUBLISHER NOT IDENTIFIED
- The Guardian · Democrat Aisha Wahab wins California special election to fill Eric Swalwell's US House seat | CaliforniaNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports · Aisha Wahab Wins Special Election to Finish Swalwell's TermNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- ABC7 San Francisco (original publisher not identified) · California lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell in CongressORIGINAL PUBLISHER NOT IDENTIFIED
- ABC7 New York (original publisher not identified) · California lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell in CongressORIGINAL PUBLISHER NOT IDENTIFIED
People · 2 PEOPLE
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Wahab and Hernandez were named together by 23 of 35 outlets. Counted by outlet.
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D · CA-14 · REPRESENTATIVE
Won the special election to serve the remainder of Swalwell’s House term and is set to face Hernandez again in November.
NAMED BY 35 OF 35
LEFT
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL3 OF 3 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: mostly neutral, 3 of 3 outlets.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL11 OF 17 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 11 of 17 outlets.
RIGHT
◆ MIXED2 OF 3 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mixed, 2 of 3 outlets.
D · CA
Lost the special election to Wahab and is set to face her again in November for the full term.
NAMED BY 24 OF 35
LEFT
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL2 OF 2 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: mostly neutral, 2 of 2 outlets.
CENTER
● MOSTLY NEUTRAL13 OF 13 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly neutral, 13 of 13 outlets.
RIGHT
◆ MIXED2 OF 3 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mixed, 2 of 3 outlets.
Timeline · 5 DAYS
When each side picked it up
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LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 48H AFTER THE FIRST REPORTLEFT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 48H AFTER THE FIRST REPORT
When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 4 articles, first fri 1:00 pm, 48 hours after the first report. center: 17 articles, first thu 6:33 pm, 30 hours after the first report. right-leaning: 4 articles, first wed 12:45 pm. unrated: 12 articles, first thu 6:59 pm.
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