Marine veteran elected mayor in Stockton, Calif., says voters rejected Dem incumbent's 'defund police' push

Republican Marine veteran Kevin Lincoln unseated a Democrat mayor in Stockton, Calif., citing the residents placing "safety and security" as their top need.

“It all boils down to improving the quality of life for all Stocktonians in our city,” Lincoln told "Fox & Friends."

“Our homeless population ... has not only plagued our city in our county but the state, and even has become a national epidemic here. It’s improving the quality of life, and again, the people of Stockton, they didn’t want to defund the police,” Lincoln said.

Despite Democrats’ confident predictions of a “blue wave” sweeping statehouses in the November election, the final results showed that almost nothing had changed. Yet in California, a Democrat stronghold, Republicans are poised to flip more House seats than in any other state.

The results have shown a significant, reversal from the 2018 midterms, which was marke... (Read more)

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