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Young Challenger Taps Family Ties In Congress Bid

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — The youngest rising star in California Republican politics is a 24-year-old, Ivy League-educated law student.

Ricky Gill is trying to convince voters in a competitive swing district in California's Central Valley that he is the best suited to represent their needs in Washington.

Gill, an Indian-American, won't turn 25 - the minimum age to serve in the U.S. House — until next month.

His campaign to face Democratic incumbent, Rep. Jerry McNerney, is winning support from the Republican establishment in and out of state and is raking in wads of campaign cash.

That is thanks in large part to the connections of his parents, both physicians, in the state's Indian-American community.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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