7:02 am - Thursday May 17, 2012

Los Angeles Democrats Pressed to Retain Seat

California’s 36th Congressional District has been in Democratic hands for more than a decade. It was never a district Democrats thought they might have to worry about after its longtime representative, Jane Harman, stepped down in February.

But instead, the race has turned into a surprisingly close, bitterly partisan contest, with a Los Angeles city councilwoman, Janice Hahn, a Democrat, fighting off a challenge from a Republican businessman, Craig Huey, in a runoff election on Tuesday.

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