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MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
July 10, 2017
Contact: Dave Jacobson, (818) 943-2348
Maclen Zilber, (510) 508-9142
Jacobson & Zilber Strategies
LARA CAMPAIGN BOOSTED BY ENDORSEMENT FROM ESTEEMED CONGRESSWOMAN
Congress Member Karen Bass is the latest leader to back Ricardo Lara for California Insurance Commissioner
LONG BEACH, CA– Keeping up his unrelenting pace of securing key endorsements in his bid for California State Insurance Commissioner, today State Senator Ricardo Lara was endorsed by U.S. Congress Member Karen Bass.
In announcing her support for Senator Lara’s bid, Congress Member Bass, who previously served as California State Assembly Speaker, remarked:
“As someone who has known Ricardo for years, I’ve seen his dedication to improving people’s lives firsthand. Throughout his career, Ricardo has taken the lead on many challenging issues confronting Californians, including addressing universal healthcare, defending immigrant communities, and enacting seminal environmental protections. As Insurance Commissioner, I know the he’ll take on predatory insurance companies and stand with consumers, working people, and other vulnerable communities. He’ll be an outstanding Insurance Commissioner for California and I’m proud to endorse him.”
Today’s announcement follows the release of the Senator’s new digital video ad, titled, “Embolden,” which takes aim at Donald Trump’s backwards agenda and the President’s comments saying that “California is out of control,” by illustrating the sharp contrast between the Oval Office’s agenda and that of Lara’s.
To view the ad, click on the screen shot below:
Since the inception of his campaign for California State Insurance Commissioner, State Senator Ricardo Lara has amassed wide-ranging support from leaders and organizations, including:
Elected & Community Leaders
- United States Senator Kamala Harris
- U.S. Congresswoman and State Assembly Speaker Emeritus Karen Bass
- State Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León
- State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon
- California Board of Equalization Chair Fiona Ma
- State Assembly Speaker Emeritus and State Senator Toni Atkins
- State Assembly Speaker Emeritus and State Senator Robert Hertzberg
- State Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nunez
- State Senator Dr. Ed Hernandez
- State Senator Holly Mitchell
- State Senator Ben Hueso
- State Senator Tony Mendoza
- State Senator Scott Wiener
- State Senator Steven Bradford
- State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson
- State Senator Nancy Skinner
- State Senator Ben Allen
- State Senator Mark Leno (Ret.)
- State Assembly Member Jimmy Gomez
- State Assembly Member Miguel Santiago
- State Assembly Member Blanca Rubio
- State Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher
- State Assembly Member Todd Gloria
- State Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia
- State Assembly Member Jacqui Irwin
- State Assembly Member Evan Low
- State Assembly Member Tony Thurmond
- State Assembly Member Kevin McCarty
- State Assembly Member Reggie Jones-Sawyer
- State Assembly Member Susan Bonilla (Ret.)
- Sacramento Mayor and former State Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg
- Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia
- California Democratic Party First Vice Chair Alex Rooker
- California Young Democrats’ President Eddie Kirby
- San Diego Democratic Party Chair (Ret.) and current Democratic National Committee Member, Jesse Durfee
Organizations Representing Working People
- State Council of Building and Construction Trades Council of California
- UNITE HERE, AFL-CIO
- California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
- California State Council of Laborers
- California Conference of Machinists
- California State Council of Pipe Trades
- United Steelworkers Legislative Education Committee for Los Angeles and Orange Counties
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 36
- United Industrial Workers of the Seafarers International Union, SIUNA, AFL-CIO
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 11
- Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1277
- American Federation of Musicians Local 47
Organizations
- California Latino Legislative Caucus
- Equality California (EQCA)
- HONOR PAC
For more information please visit www.RicardoLara.com.
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