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AP calls California House race for Ken Calvert over fellow Republican Young Kim

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The Associated Press called the California 40th District House race on Monday for Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, who defeated fellow Republican Rep. Young Kim, a week after the Nov. 3 election. Redistricting placed the two incumbents in the same redrawn district. Roll Call reports Calvert led by about seven points with more than 70 percent of the vote counted when the race was called. Fox News reports that Kim conceded in a statement posted to X, congratulating Calvert. The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times report Calvert was declared the winner.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. Republican Rep. Ken Calvert defeated fellow Republican Rep. Young Kim in California's 40th Congressional District.

    Reported byLeft3Center1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times
    Center
    Roll Call
    Far Right
    Fox News, Just the News

  2. The Associated Press called the race for Calvert on Monday, a week after the Nov. 3 election.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Center
    Roll Call
    Far Right
    Just the News

  3. With more than 70 percent of votes counted, Calvert led Kim by about seven points when the race was called.

    Reported byCenter1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    Roll Call
    Far Right
    Just the News

  4. Calvert and Kim were placed in the same district by a redrawn congressional map after redistricting.

    Reported byLeft3Center1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times
    Center
    Roll Call
    Far Right
    Fox News, Just the News

  5. Calvert is the longest-serving Republican in California's House delegation, first elected in 1992.

    Reported byCenter1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    Roll Call
    Far Right
    Just the News

How each side tells it

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Every side reports that Calvert defeated fellow Republican Young Kim in California's 40th District after redistricting placed them together. Left headlines call it a Republican intraparty contest and a win, while right headlines stress the gerrymandered map and the ouster of a fellow Republican.

  • the left

    3 outlets

    Left headlines report a Republican win in plain terms, two of them carrying the same AP report, while the Los Angeles Times and New York Times stress a contested intraparty battle and a declared winner.

    Rep. Ken Calvert Wins House Battle Between Two California Republicans
    The New York TimesLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Roll Call's headline stresses that the race is all-Republican, a plain description of two GOP incumbents facing each other in a redrawn district.

    Rep. Ken Calvert wins all-Republican race in California
    Roll CallCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Right-side headlines lead with the redistricting that forced the contest, with Fox News calling the seat gerrymandered and Just the News citing redistricting as the cause.

    GOP lawmaker Loaded verb“ousts”The verb adds a sense of a forced removal, while the result was a race won in a contest.More neutral: defeatsDisagree with this highlight? fellow Republican in Loaded modifier“gerrymandered”The word judges the map’s purpose, while the other outlets describe it as a redistricting measure.More neutral: newly drawnDisagree with this highlight? California district
    Fox NewsFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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  • Left1

    fierce

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right5

    has scoredostensiblyeffectively drew one of them outousts

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    fierceMore neutral: close

    The adjective adds drama to a race that the other facts in the article describe neutrally.

    Ken Calvert has survived a fierce reelection battle against fellow Republican Rep.

    Used byLos Angeles Times (Left)

  • Loaded verb

    has scoredMore neutral: has produced

    The phrase presents the redistricting as a political win for one side.

    Gavin Newsom-signed California redistricting has scored at least a 2-for-1 consolidation of House Republicans.

    Used byFox News (Far Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    ostensibly

    The word casts doubt on the stated purpose of the forced contest without evidence in the excerpt.

    Young Kim, R-Calif., in the 40th Congressional District race called Monday night, ostensibly forcing two incumbents to battle for one seat in the gerrymandered district.

    Used byFox News (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    effectively drew one of them outMore neutral: placed both in the same race

    The phrase characterizes the map’s effect as a removal of one candidate, a judgement beyond the reported facts.

    …Kim wrote in a statement posted to X, sharply criticizing the map that effectively drew one of them out.

    Used byFox News (Far Right)

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  • Loaded verb

    oustsMore neutral: defeats

    The verb adds a sense of a forced removal, while the result was a race won in a contest.

    GOP lawmaker ousts fellow Republican in gerrymandered California district

    Used byFox News (Far Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    gerrymanderedMore neutral: newly drawn

    The word judges the map’s purpose, while the other outlets describe it as a redistricting measure.

    GOP lawmaker ousts fellow Republican in gerrymandered California district

    Used byFox News (Far Right)

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From the left

3 outlets

Leads with

  • Republican win in a contested race
  • Intraparty battle between two Republicans
  • Calvert declared winner
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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • All-Republican contest
  • Redrawn district
  • Calvert's lead when called
See the 2 headlines from the centerHide the headlines
  • The HillCenter

    California GOP Rep. Ken Calvert defeats Rep. Young Kim in race for merged 40th District

    Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) is projected to win the race for California's 40th Congressional District against fellow California Republican Rep. …

    Read at The Hill (opens in a new tab)
  • Roll CallCenter

    Rep. Ken Calvert wins all-Republican race in California

    Rep. Ken Calvert defeated Rep. Young Kim in a redrawn Southern California district that pitted the two Republicans against one another. Calvert was leading his rival by 7 points Monday night when The Associated Press called the race for California’s 40th District with more than …

    Read at Roll Call (opens in a new tab)

From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Gerrymandered district
  • Newsom-backed redistricting
  • GOP lawmaker ousts fellow Republican
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  • Fox NewsFar Right

    GOP lawmaker Loaded verb“ousts”The verb adds a sense of a forced removal, while the result was a race won in a contest.More neutral: defeatsDisagree with this highlight? fellow Republican in Loaded modifier“gerrymandered”The word judges the map’s purpose, while the other outlets describe it as a redistricting measure.More neutral: newly drawnDisagree with this highlight? California district

    Republican Rep. Ken Calvert defeated Rep. Young Kim in a rare GOP vs. GOP battle forced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom's redistricting in the midterms.

    Read at Fox News (opens in a new tab)
  • Just the NewsFar Right

    GOP lawmaker defeats fellow Republican incumbent after redistricting pits them against each other

    Kim had represented the area since 2018, and Calvert's district, which included much of Riverside County and Palm Springs, was redistributed. The race between the two lawmakers ultimately removed one Republican from the California delegation.

    Read at Just the News (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    The New York Times, Nov 9, 9:38 PM EST

  • Center

    12 hr 6 min later

    Its first report, Nov 10, 9:44 AM EST

  • Right

    10 hr 48 min later

    Its first report, Nov 10, 8:25 AM EST

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  1. The New York TimesLeftNov 9, 9:38 PM EST
  2. Los Angeles TimesLeftNov 9, 9:41 PM EST
  3. ABC NewsLeftNov 10, 1:23 AM EST
  4. Fox NewsFar RightNov 10, 8:25 AM EST
  5. Roll CallCenterNov 10, 9:44 AM EST
  6. The HillCenterNov 10, 8:19 PM EST

Times are the ones the outlets published in their own feeds, in Eastern time. Opinion is left out. Just the News gave only a date, so it is not placed.

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