Politics & Government

Pete Stark and Eric Swalwell Finish in Top 2, Will Compete Head-to-Head

With Democrats Stark and Swalwell finishing first and second, Chris Pareja's campaign is over.

This much is clear — the congressman for the 15th District will be a Democrat.

Rep. Pete Stark and Dublin city councilman Eric Swalwell finished first and second in the primary election Tuesday. Conservative Chris Pareja finished a distant third.

With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Stark won 42.9 percent of the vote. Swalwell finished with 35.3 percent and Chris Pareja received 21.5 percent of the vote.

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That means Stark and Swalwell will compete head-to-head for the open seat, which represents San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore, Castro Valley and Union City.

Patch will have a full story on election night later on Wednesday.

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