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Liberal Democrat wins Southern California House seat

LOS ANGELES Jimmy Gomez is going to have a hard time keeping some of his promises.

The liberal California Democrat who easily captured a vacant U.S. House seat in Southern California on Tuesday goes to a Republican-controlled Congress with little interest in his campaign trail talk of debt-free college, fighting climate change and enacting universal health coverage.

He acknowledged the obvious in the era of President Trump when he said we are the resistance.

With his victory over fellow Democrat Robert Lee Ahn in the 34th Congressional District, Gomez replaces another Latino Democrat who held the seat for years, Xavier Becerra, who stepped down after being appointed state attorney general.

Hell go to Washington with a similar, left-leaning agenda that clashes with much of what the White House is trying to do.

Asked about Trump at a May forum, Gomez said the Republican president ran on a platform of division, hatred and bigotry. As a congressman, he said, he would take a hard stand against the administration.

Gomez wants to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, while Trump is trying to energize a faded coal industry and plans to withdraw from a global climate change agreement.

The White House insists that plans for the presidents border wall are on track despite resistance from Congress; Gomez wants to stop funding for the project.

Michael R. Blood is an Associated Press writer.

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