GOP Rep. Mike Garcia, in tough reelection bid, says job is to keep U.S. from becoming California
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GOP Rep. Mike Garcia, running for reelection in a battleground Antelope Valley district, held a three-hour town hall this week. His job, he said, is to "prevent the country from turning into what California has become."