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Congressional Race On Central, South Coasts Draws National Attention

A congressional race on the Central and South Coasts is attracting national attention, because it’s a wide open contest without an incumbent for the first time in nearly two decades.

The retirement announcement of Democratic Congresswoman Lois Capps of Santa Barbara sparked a huge race of nine candidates to replace her for the 24th District seat, which includes Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and part of Ventura Counties.

The June primary narrowed the field to Democratic Salud Carbajal and Republican Justin Fareed.

KCLU’s Lance Orozco continues our series of special reports on the November 8th election, with a look at the hot 24th District Congressional race.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.