By STEVEN HERBERT | City News Service
A field of 16 candidates has filed to succeed Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk announced today.
The field in the predominantly Democratic 30th Congressional District consists of 12 Democrats, two Republicans, one Peace & Freedom Party candidate and one with no party preference.
Democrats who filed by Thursday’s deadline include former Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer; state Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge; Assemblywoman Laura Friedman, D-Glendale; Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education member Nick Melvoin; West Hollywood Mayor Sepi Shyne; Dr. Jirair Ratevosian, a former State Department official; and actor Ben Savage.
The district stretches from West Hollywood to Pasadena and Echo Park to the Angeles National Forest.
Schiff has not made an endorsement. He is running for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by the late Dianne Feinstein after being a member of the House since defeating then-Rep. Jim Rogan, R-Glendale, in 2000.
The filing period concluded Dec. 8 for most county, state and federal offices in Los Angeles County on the March 5 primary election. However, under state law, the filing period was extended five days to Wednesday when an eligible incumbent does not file to run for re-election.
The filing deadline was extended for two other Los Angeles County congressional races due to the retirements of Reps. Tony Cárdenas, D-Pacoima, and Grace Napolitano, D-Norwalk.
Cárdenas, D-Pacoima, has endorsed Assemblywoman Luz Rivas, D-North Hollywood, in the race to succeed him in representing the 29th Congressional District in the Northeast San Fernando Valley.
Community organizer Angélica María Dueñas, a Democrat who lost to Cárdenas, 56.6%-43.4% in 2020 and 58.5%-41.5% in 2022, is among the three other candidates who have filed, along with Republicans Benito “Benny” Bernal, a family and youth advocate, and María Margarita…
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