Results are starting to roll in for the race to replace ex-Congressman Eric Swalwell, and one California state senator has taken an early lead.
"I don't put anything past Donald Trump in trying to hold on to power," Padilla told Eyewitness News in a one-on-one interview last week.
Lawmakers are leaving Washington in record numbers.
The address will be Pres. Donald Trump's first State of the Union during his second term.
President Trump 's State of the Union address is likely to be a test run of the message that Republicans will give to voters in November's elections for control of the House and Senate.
The bill, would require Americans to prove they are citizens when they register to vote, mostly through a valid U.S. passport or birth certificate.