Gavin Newsom just set the special election to replace Eric Swalwell in #CA14 for Aug. 18, the soonest he could have done so. That means a first round of voting will take place on June 16.

Governor Newsom issues proclam...
Governor Newsom issues proclamation setting special election for California Congressional District 14 | Governor of California

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CA special election rules: • Gov must call special w/in 14 days of vacancy • Special election must take place 126-140 days after that *UNLESS* • If special can be consolidated w/regularly scheduled election, can wait up to 200 days That means #CA14 special could be simultaneous with Nov general.

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Longtime Dem operative Matt Ortega, who was Hillary Clinton's digital communications director in 2016, has joined the race for the open #CA14 (Eric Swalwell is running for gov)

Progressive activist Matt Orte...
Progressive activist Matt Ortega announces congressional run to fight for an affordable future for CA-14 — Matt Ortega for Congress

Longtime organizer and progressive activist Matt Ortega announced his candidacy for the open seat in California's 14th Congressional District pledging to

Matt Ortega for Congress
#CA14 Eric Swalwell (D): Harris won by 35.4% ~38,000 ACA exchange enrollees at risk ~64,000 Medicaid expansion* enrollees at risk *aka MEDI-CAL
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Was reading up on the race for Anna Eshoo's seat for #CA14 and her handpicked successor Joe Smitian only offers bandaids with neoliberal bromides on healthcare, while her perennial M4A opponent Rishi Kumar decided to set himself apart from the field by being the most pro-genocide candidate. I tried reading Sam Liccardo's novel length policy page but he started rambling about how we've gone too far in quitting the drug war.

It's just a little detail in the story, but here's another example of how normalized right wing political violence impacts public servants.

California House Representative Eric Swalwell reported that "his use of protective services is so ubiquitious that his young daughter’s drawings of the family include their bodyguards."

(via Steven Tavares' East Bay Insiders newsletter)

#uspol #sfba #ContraCosta #CA14 #EricSwalwell

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