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MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
August 31, 2017
Contact: Dave Jacobson, (818) 943-2348
Maclen Zilber, (510) 508-9142
Jacobson & Zilber Strategies
SEN. RICARDO LARA SECURES POWERFUL STATEWIDE ENDORSEMENT
California State Association of Electrical Workers Gives Senator Lara the Nod in Race for California Insurance Commissioner
LONG BEACH, CA — Further demonstrating his robust backing from working families and organized labor, today State Senator Ricardo Lara locked down a milestone statewide endorsement from the California State Association of Electrical Workers as he campaigns for the office of California State Insurance Commissioner.
In announcing their endorsement, the organization released the following official statement to Senator Lara’s campaign:
“The California State Association of Electrical Workers are proud to endorse Senator Ricardo Lara for California State Insurance Commissioner. He’s got a forceful and bold record of leading the charge for working families, fighting for project labor agreements, livable wages, good benefits, protections for workers’ rights and more. We know as Insurance Commissioner, he’ll be a champion that working families can count on, protecting consumers, workers and patients.”
To view Senator Ricardo Lara’s digital video ad, “Embolden,” 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
- U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal
- U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu
- U.S. Congressman Alan Lowenthal
- U.S. Congresswoman (Ret.) and current L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn
- 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 Assembly Speaker Emeritus John A. Pérez
- 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 Shirley Weber
- State Assembly Member Kevin McCarty
- State Assembly Member Reggie Jones-Sawyer
- State Assembly Member Susan Bonilla (Ret.)
- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
- Sacramento Mayor and former State Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg
- San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee
- 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
- California State Association of Electrical Workers
- Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council
- 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
- National Union of Healthcare Workers
- United Steelworkers Legislative Education Committee for Los Angeles and Orange Counties
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 36
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 16
- United Industrial Workers of the Seafarers International Union, SIUNA, AFL-CIO
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 11
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 40
- Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1277
- American Federation of Musicians Local 47
- United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local 36
Organizations
- California Latino Legislative Caucus
- Equality California (EQCA)
- HONOR PAC
For more information please visit www.RicardoLara.com.
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