‘The basic requirement’: Clip of Swalwell resurfaces where he makes bold housing promise

Source: New York Post

When Democrat Eric Swalwell defeated 20-term incumbent Pete Stark in 2012, it was a shocking victory for a young upstart county prosecutor. It was also a win built on picking apart his opponent’s track record. Swalwell’s message to San Francisco Bay voters at the time: the 80-year-old Stark has been in Washington way too long.