"If I had wanted to sort of take the easy way — or what probably most political strategists would have recommended — I would have actually tried to exploit the gerrymander by going and running in one of these new safe Republican districts," Mr. Kiley said. "My current district overlaps with one of them, which would have been a pretty clear path to a safe seat. … But that didn't strike me as the right thing to do. That struck me as making things worse, and not better."
Rep. Kevin Kiley switches party affiliation from GOP to independent after California redistricting
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"This can't keep happening," Mr. Kiley said in a statement. "The federal government must do more to stop illegal labs from operating in our communities. This bipartisan bill closes loopholes that allow dangerous facilities like these to operate under the radar."
Ori Solomon accused of operating illegal biolab in Las Vegas tied to Chinese Communist Party
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