With her in the race, the campaign had a chance to shape up as a tough competition between two progressive women candidates vying for Congress.She even came in second in the June jungle primary, with 17 percent of the vote, according to the California Secretary of State’s Office.“At this point in my life,” she announced on her website this spring, “my family commitments supersede my ability to expand my level of service.”So when voters in the 44th district – which includes Carson, Compton, north Long Beach and several Los Angeles neighborhoods – go to the polls on Nov. 6, they will have one option, though Brown will be on the ballot.Still, re-electing Barragan, a progressive Democrat first elected in 2016, will likely be palatable for a majority of residents in the district.Of the 339,000 registered voters in the district, 200,500, or 60 percent, are Democrats, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office; 10 percent are registered Republicans.Barragan, who in 2016 was elected among her congressional peers as the president of the Freshman Democrats, is on the House Homeland Security Committee. In 2019, she became the first Latina in 10 years to hold a seat on this prestigious committee and only the second Latina ever to do so. From fighting for comprehensive and affordable healthcare for all to ensuring clean air and clean water for her communities, she works tirelessly for her fellow Americans and the constituents of California’s 44 8.4K likes. This is the current and future congresswoman… Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Beaches closed across Southern California, but did holiday revelers stay away? This is the current and future congresswoman for Carson, Compton – and what she stands for Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
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Police protests continue throughout Southern California on July 4 Torrance Sears at Del Amo Fashion Center to shut after 61 years Congresswomen Maxine Waters and Nanette Diaz Barragán over the weekend called on the state attorney general to investigate the deadly shooting of 18-year-old Andres Guardado by a … Nanette Diaz Barragan can’t seem to keep a challenger for her 44th Congressional District in the race. Nanette is the Second-Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and a member of the Progressive Caucus.
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