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A crowd of people enjoyed a chance to celebrate a hometown history in the making — and at the Courthouse Museum, no less.
Adam Gray — a native Mercedian who went from being in the first graduating class of Golden Valley High School to the halls of the State Capitol as a member of the Assembly — took the Oath of Office on Jan. 30 as the new congressman to represent Merced County and the rest of District 13 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Republicans are set to control the House of Representatives by the skin of their teeth, and if they want to pass any type of meaningful legislation they'll either need a newfound sense of discipline, or democratic help. Jonathan talks to Representative-Elect Adam Gray, a democrat who won a nailbiter race in California, about his plans for the 119th Congress.