Bakersfield Republican Jim Lopez, who is waging an uphill battle to unseat incumbent Democrat Jim Costa in the 20th Congressional District, will be in Fresno tonight, where he will address the Fresno Chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly.

The event starts at 6 p.m. and will be held at Sal’s Mexican Restaurant, 7476 N. Fresno Street.

Not surprisingly, Lopez will be speaking on the recently released “The Measure of America” report, which placed the 20th Congressional District — which runs from south of Bakersfield into downtown Fresno — dead last among the 436 congressional districts in the United States on the well-being of residents.

For instance, only 6.5% of the 20th Congressional District’s adults have graduated from college. In the top-ranked New York City district, 62.6% of adult residents claim a college degree. And only half of the 20th CD’s households have annual incomes above $16,767. In the New York City district, half claim incomes above $51,139.