Maxine Waters New Position in the House of Representatives

Maxine Waters Tells GOP Opponent They 'Got Tricked' Into Running Confronting Her

Representative Maxine Waters has told her Republican opponent in the upcoming midterm elections that he "got tricked" into running against her in a district she'south won since 2012.

Republican Omar Navarro shared a video to Twitter on Tuesday of an see with Waters at the election filing office as he registered to run in California's 43rd congressional district.

The GOP is hoping to take back the Business firm of Representatives and the Senate in November's elections simply Waters, a Democrat, will likely be safely reelected equally she won 71.7 per centum of the vote in 2020.

Navarro tweeted: "I ran into Maxine Waters at ballot filling office and saw the preferential treatment she received from canton employees."

In the video fastened to that tweet, Navarro can be heard greeting Waters. The congresswoman recognized and asked him if he was running again.

Navarro has been a perennial candidate in California'due south 43rd district, losing to Waters in 2016, 2022 and 2020.

Waters asked if Navarro was running in a different commune and he replied: "I was trying to exercise information technology in a different district" and Waters asked which district. Navarro explained that he had wanted to run in California'south third congressional district.

Navarro had previously declared his intention to run in the 3rd commune but later alleged he would run in the 43rd commune.

Waters asked him: "You've got a Republican opponent?"

"Well, yeah, at that place's two Republicans running in the other district," Navarro replied.

"You got tricked," Waters said and appeared to walk off.

The ii Republican candidates vying for the political party's nomination in the 3rd district are Assemblyman Kevin Kiley and Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones.

California's congressional districts have undergone redistricting as a result of the 2022 U.S. Census. The overall number of districts has been reduced from 53 to 52 but Waters appears to be a prophylactic bet for reelection.

Waters has been a member of the Business firm of Representatives since 1991 and has seen a significant amount of redistricting during her tenure. The results of the most contempo census do not appear to have significantly contradistinct her position in the 43rd district.

The Democrat won reelection to the House in 2022 with 71.1 percent of the vote, while her Republican opponent Joe Collins won 28.3 percent. Poll tracker FiveThirtyEight gives the 43rd district a partisan lean of plus 63 for the Democrats.

Navarro announced on Twitter on January 11, 2022 that he would run confronting Waters in the midterms.

"I'chiliad running against Maxine Waters in 2022 and will fight against big tech censorship when elected to Congress," Navarro tweeted. He describes himself as "Pro-Life, Pro-Gun, Pro-Trump."

Newsweek has asked Maxine Waters' office and the Omar Navarro campaign for annotate.