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Michelle Steel, who is running against Democrat Jay Chen, and Young Kim, who faces a challenge on the left from Asif Mahmood.īUENOS DÍAS, good Friday morning. And the party is working to flip seats away from Republicans in the area, including Reps. Katie Porter is fending off a challenge from GOP candidate Scott Baugh. Orange County, which has grown more contested in recent years, is home to several closely-watched Congressional races this year. Today, Biden is heading back to the campaign trail - and, presumably, that kitchen table rhetoric - when he heads to Irvine Valley Community College in Orange County to talk about “lowering costs for American families,” per the White House. Per the DCCC, the event raised $5 million for House Democrats.Īnd if that weren’t enough, the Democratic National Committee transferred another $1 million each to both the DCCC and its Senate counterpart, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee yesterday, as POLITICO’s Christopher Cadelago reports. As Deadline reported earlier this week, tickets started at $5,000 per person, rising to $10,000 per couple and $50,000 per couple to host. Rhetoric, of course, can only get you so far.Īfter his infrastructure event, Biden popped over to Brentwood to join House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. That’s the kind of rhetoric Democrats in tight races are hoping will sway voters their way in these final weeks of the campaign. Karen Bass, D-Calif., right, speaks at the LA Metro, D Line (Purple) Extension Transit Project - Section 3, in Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct. Democrats are working to bring down the cost of things to talk about around the kitchen table, from prescription drugs to health insurance to energy bills and so much more,” Biden said. Instead, he talked about “kitchen table” issues like the price of groceries and gas (note: the CA average was $6.20/gallon yesterday). He didn’t touch on social issues, like abortion, which California Democrats have leaned heavily on this election cycle. Karen Bass (whom he has endorsed for mayor) and other LA leaders. It’s not a surprise that Biden would rather focus on the matters at hand in the election - inflation is still hammering the country, ballots are in the mail, and there are several battleground districts in California that the Democrats need to win if they want a chance at keeping control of the House.īiden gave remarks yesterday afternoon at an LA metro purple line expansion site, along with Rep. Fox’s Elex Michaelson apparently tried to ask about it yesterday, but the president “looked at me, waved, and kept walking.” But he has made no mention of it during his California visit (so far at least). Biden had already called for resignations earlier in the week, via his spokesperson, saying Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León should step down.
President Joe Biden is on the last of a three-day spin through Los Angeles today, where he’s been meeting with local leaders, touting his infrastructure investments and trying to rally Democrats less than a month out from a key election.īut the commander-in-chief didn’t seem to capture the same level of attention as the leaked audio revealing racist remarks in a conversation among Los Angeles City Council members, which was still dominating conversations across California on Thursday. THE BUZZ: You’ve got to start some pretty big drama to overshadow a visit from the President of the United States. WHITE, SAKURA CANNESTRA and OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
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