CA-16 Eshoo to Retire (Swing Low, Sweet Recount)

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If Eshoo does retire this cycle, that will leave 27 Democrats and 6 Republicans in the House wwho were first elected before 2000.

cOnGrEsS hAs ToO mAnY oLd pEoPlE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Next time you see someone on the Internet unironically saying that, just send them this link: https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=560970.0)

[Atlas Force]

Former Saratoga city councilor Rishi Kumar, who primary challenged Eshoo in 2020 and 2022 and got into the top-two on both occasions, is already running, having filed months ago for what he probably thought was just another rematch.

FWIW the 36.8% he got in 2020, and the 42.2% he got in 2022, both seem like relatively high performances against an entrenched incumbent. A lot of it might be Indian-Americans voting for the candidate from their community (did the district's Indian-American population go up in redistricting? It could explain him doing even better in 2022 compared to 2020).

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