With his reelection, Schiff will return to the U.S. House of Representatives for the fourth time with an ally in the White House.
Schiff was an early Obama supporter and expects the relationship to bolster legislation that had previously stalled.
Specifically, Schiff points to a bill he wrote that would commemorate the Armenian genocide and urges Turkey to acknowledge the role played by the Ottoman Empire in the atrocities.
In January, Obama called for the passage of the Armenian genocide resolution.
The congressman also pledged to work with Republicans in the House on a variety of measures, echoing Obama’s acceptance speech Tuesday night.
In front of thousands in Chicago’s Grant Park, Obama said, “Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.”
Sherman returns to office for another term after weathering corruption allegations from Singh during the campaign, despite the Republican challenger’s own trouble with filing campaign donations on time.
Singh was twice cited by the Federal Elections Campaign for failing to file financial forms by the government watchdog’s due date.
Rep. David Dreier, the lone Republican official from the region’s congressional delegation, had received 55.6% of voter support as of press time to defeat Democrat Russ Warner and Libertarian Ted Brown.
Despite strong gains from Democrats nationally, Dreier defended his seat by an even greater margin than in 2006, when he defeated his Democratic opponent with 57% of the vote.
In California, Assemblyman Paul Krekorian cruised to victory against Republican Jane Barnett in the 43rd District that includes Burbank and Glendale.
