Temecula councilman Rahn files paperwork to run for Congress

With just a few days left in his term as Temecula mayor and coming off a decisive win in his re-election bid to serve on the council, Matt Rahn has filed paperwork to run for Congress in 2020.

Rahn will run for California's 50th Congressional District seat currently held by the embattled Representative Duncan Hunter, who recently won re-election despite a challenge from Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar in a close race decided by just 4 percentage points.

For more than four decades, the 50th District has been held by Hunter and his father, Duncan L. Hunter before him serving for almost three decades...