California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, issued a proclamation Tuesday setting up an Aug. 18 special election to fill the remaining term of Democratic former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned in the face of multiple sexual misconduct allegations.
A special primary election for California’s 14th District will take place on June 16, two weeks after the state’s regular primary. Under state law, all candidates run on the same ballot in the primary, and if no one takes more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two finishers will advance to the August election. The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of the term that ends in January 2027.
Swalwell has represented San Francisco’s East Bay area in Congress since 2013. Ahead of his resignation Tuesday, he ended his campaign for governor of California after several former staffers accused him of a wide range of sexual misconduct, including rape. Swalwell apologized for his “mistakes in judgment” but has denied the accusations and said he will “fight the serious, false allegation made against me.”
