{"id":12380,"date":"2026-06-03T21:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12380"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:00:36","slug":"ammar-campa-najjar-loses-third-straight-congressional-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12380","title":{"rendered":"Ammar Campa-Najjar loses third straight congressional race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A flood of cash from a San Diego heiress and her billionaire family couldn\u2019t save Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar from another mortifying election defeat \u2014 after he won just 10% of the vote in a key primary contest.<\/p>\n<p>Campa-Najjar bowed out of the congressional primary in California\u2019s 48th district, representing East San Diego, after an abysmal third-place showing put him behind Republican Jim Desmond and fellow Democrat Marni Von Wilpert, who won 42% and 20% of the vote, respectively.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ammar Campa-Najjar has been a Naval Reserve Officer since 2023.  <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Ammar Campa-Najjar<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>San Diego Rep. Sara Jacobs\u2019 billionaire grandfather, Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, had poured at least $800,000 into Campa-Najjar\u2019s doomed congressional bid. It marked his fourth election loss in a row after members of the wealthy Jacobs clan bankrolled his two prior runs for Congress and one failed bid for mayor of Chula Vista.<\/p>\n<p>Campa-Najjar, a Naval Reserve officer and grandson of a Palestinian militant, blamed his defeat on \u201coutside and foreign influences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile my political career is permanently over, I\u2019m deeply grateful to the voters and supporters who let me into their lives and enriched mine,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rep. Sara Jacobs has supported boyfriend Ammar Campa-Najjar\u2019s doomed political bids.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Families Over Billionaires<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Jacobs family have spent more than $200,000 on Campa-Najjar\u2019s failed campaigns, which were tainted by bizarre political flip-flops.<\/p>\n<p>Campa-Najjar has worked as a self-described \u201cconsultant\u201d and has dated Jacobs since approximately 2019, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>He first ran for Congress as a Bernie Sanders-style progressive in 2018 before embracing MAGA positions like opposition to gun control in his subsequent 2020 race.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Billionaire Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs funded a PAC supporting Campa-Najjar\u2019s campaign.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He then ran for mayor of Chula Vista in 2022 and lost to Republican John McCann in the heavily Democratic city before enlisting in the Naval Reserve the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Campa-Najjar took heat for allegedly abusing his military status in campaign materials, even posting a glamour shot of himself saluting at a deceased veteran\u2019s grave on Memorial Day last year in a move vets called disrespectful. <\/p>\n<p>His shifting positions and losing record earned eye-rolls from fellow Democrats and online critics who suggested he was being propped up by his wealthy girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe cannot win. Not even his Qualcomm sugar mama could buy him a seat,\u201d one person wrote on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Campa-Najjar speaks to voters in San Diego.  <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Gregory Bull<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jacobs\u2019 spokesperson previously told The California Post that she never told colleagues to back her boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe hasn\u2019t asked her colleagues for endorsements \u2014 in fact, she\u2019s told her colleagues explicitly not to endorse because of her, so there\u2019s no ambiguity, pressure, or sense of obligation,\u201d spokesperson Lauren McIlvaine told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Von Wilpert, a San Diego council member, will face off against county supervisor Desmond in the closely watched November runoff as Dems try to take back control of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Irwin Jacobs and wife Joan Jacobs.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Moet Hennessy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe DNC is ready to help her flip this seat from red to blue, take back the House, and deliver for communities across California,\u201d said Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Republican National Republican Congressional Committee\u00a0spokesperson Christian Martinez accused Von Wilpert in a statement of \u201cbacking higher taxes and the same failed policies that drove up costs and made California unaffordable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSan Diegans can\u2019t afford another politician who will bring Sacramento\u2019s failures to Washington,\u201d he added. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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