A special election was held Tuesday for California’s Congressional District 14, which was vacated earlier this year when former California U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress after sexual assault and misconduct allegations. Voters will decide between two Democratic candidates to ser ve out Swalwell’s remaining term. State Sen. Aisha Wahab and Melissa Hernandez, a Bay Area Rapid Transit director, received the most votes during the June primary to move on to Tuesday’s special general election. Polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday and the latest results can be viewed below. Whoever wins the special election will fill Swalwell’s seat through January. At that time, the winner of the regular general election in November will take over for a full, two-year term. In this case, that will also be Wahab or Hernandez, who snagged the top two spots in the regular primary that was held on June 2. That means both candidates are running in two separate elections for California’s 14th Congressional District, which includes East Bay cities such as Fremont, Hayward and Livermore. Decision 2026 Aug 17 California special election to fill Swalwell's Congressional District 14 seat Decision 2026 Jun 15 Special election underway for former Rep. Eric Swalwell's 14th District seat California Apr 14 California to hold special election for Congressional District 14 seat after Swalwell's resignation ...read more read less