Rep. Katie Porter is leaving the House to run for U.S. Senate — and there are 10 candidates eager to fill her seat.
In the race for California’s 47th congressional district are four Democrats — state Sen. Dave Min, real estate broker Boyd Roberts, voting rights advocate Joanna Weiss and security officer Shariq Zaidi — and three Republicans — former GOP Assembly leader Scott Baugh, nuclear engineer Long Pham and businessman Max Ukropina.
There are also three no party preference candidates in the race: economics professor Terry Crandall, chemical engineer Tom McGrath and retired general counsel Bill Smith.
While the race, as of late, has heated up between Min and Weiss —the two Democrats have recently begun airing attack ads against each other — labor-related issues have also taken center stage as a key issue this election, particularly after a year of workers’ strikes across the Golden State.
Economic well-being is a priority for voters this election cycle, a 2023 survey of California voters by the Public Policy Institute of California found. Roughly one in four likely voters polled said the availability of well-paying jobs is “a big problem in their region,” and about one in four lower-income voters said that “the lack of well-paying jobs in their region is making them seriously consider moving out of the state,” according to the survey.
Both Weiss and Min support federal legislation that would “expand various labor protections related to employees’ rights to organize and collectively bargain in the workplace,” according to the bill. The legislation, still awaiting action in the U.S. Senate, would prohibit employers from permanently replacing workers who strike and not…
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