
The House’s top Republican defense appropriator has officially won his reelection bid following a competitive race, as the GOP remains on a tight path to secure control of the lower chamber in the next Congress. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (HAC-D), received 51.6 percent of the vote and defeated former federal prosecutor Democrat Will Rollins to secure his seat for California’s newly-drawn 41st district. Calvert, who has served in Congress since 1993,…