How Medicaid affected one California House race

KFF Health News | By Jackie Fortiér

Published November 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM MST

A Republican in California's Central Valley fended off challengers for years. But his district had a lot of people on Medicaid, and he lost by a large margin this time.

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