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Julia Brownley’s decision not to seek re-election lands at a volatile moment for Congress, her party, and the country. Her Ventura County district, long secured by Democratic-friendly maps, was supposed to be the kind of seat no one gives up voluntarily. Yet Brownley is stepping aside while insisting she remains “in the fight,” praising Hakeem Jeffries as the leader she hopes will soon hold the speaker’s gavel and framing her exit as part of a longer democratic story, not a retreat.
