The Fresno County Democratic Central Committee has not endorsed any candidate in this race.
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
June 21, 2017
Contact: Dave Jacobson, (818) 943-2348
Maclen Zilber, (510) 508-9142
Jacobson & Zilber Strategies
LARA CONTINUES TO BE THE CHOICE OF WORKING FAMILIES FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
Endorsement from the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California Bolsters Ricardo Lara’s Statewide Effort
LONG BEACH, CA– In another demonstration of his expansive support among organizations in the labor movement, today State Senator Ricardo Lara picked up a milestone endorsement from the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California in his campaign for California State Insurance Commissioner.
In announcing their endorsement of Senator Lara’s statewide effort, Robbie Hunter, President of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California wrote:
“A passionate friend of labor for nearly seven years in elective office, State Sen. Ricardo Lara has earned the endorsement of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California in his campaign for State Insurance Commissioner.
“Ricardo Lara has a long history of understanding working families, on issues like health insurance, auto insurance, and home insurance. He will fight against things like redlining, where you might not be able to get coverage if you live in a zip code that some insurance companies don’t like. He will give California a fair-level, comprehensive insurance system, where if you pay for it, you should get insurance. Few legislative leaders have a personal story that is as compelling as Lara’s… He’ll be streamlined and efficient. But at the same time, he will deliver to the taxpayer, the resident, the family, what it is that they are paying for.”
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
- 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 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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