Update March 2019: We at OTYCD are nudging this because Carillo is up for re-election to the California State Assembly in 2020. Please keep her in mind when you’re planning your 2020 donating and volunteering schedule, especially if you live in California.
This OTYCD entry originally posted in November 2017.
Good Update! Wendy Carrillo WON the December 5, 2017 special election. Hooray for her!
Support Democrat Wendy Carrillo’s primary bid to run for California state assembly.
Carrillo was one of the two top finishers among the 10 Democrats who ran in the special primary. She came first, with 22.2 percent of the vote. She will face off against the number-two finisher, Luis Lopez, who gathered 18.6 percent of the vote.
It appears that no Republicans ran in the special primary–just Democrats, an Independent, a Libertarian, and a representative from the Peace and Freedom party–so if Carrillo wins the December 5, 2017 special election, it looks like she is the winner proper.
Carrillo is solidly and admirably progressive. She supports affordable healthcare, debt-free college, a $15 minimum wage, civil rights across the board, and social justice issues generally. When she arrived in the U.S. from El Salvador as a small child, she was undocumented. She gained her citizenship as a young adult.
She is endorsed by Run For Something, Emily’s List, the California Democratic Party, #VoteProChoice, Democracy for America, Voices for Progress, and scores of unions, among others.
See her campaign website:
See her ‘About Wendy’ page:
https://wendyforassembly.com/about
See her ‘Issues’ page:
https://wendyforassembly.com/on-the-issues
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Donate to her campaign:
https://wendyforassembly.com/donate
Like her on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/VoteWendyCarrillo/
Follow her on Twitter:
@wendycarrillo
See her entry on the Candidates page at Run For Something:
https://www.runforsomething.net/candidates/
See her Ballotpedia page:
https://ballotpedia.org/Wendy_Carrillo
Read reporting on the results of the special primary:
http://laist.com/2017/10/04/ad_51_results.php
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