California AG’s Wife Leads In Race For His Old Assembly Seat

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The woman of California Attorney General Rob Bonta was starring successful aboriginal returns Tuesday nighttime arsenic she sought his aged San Francisco Bay Area legislative spot successful a peculiar predetermination against a chap Democrat.

After polls closed, Mia Bonta had conscionable implicit 55% of the vote, compared to astir 45% for her opponent, Janani Ramachandran, with astir 46,000 votes counted

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Mia Bonta is backed by a almighty conjugation of political, concern and national leaders that Ramachandran says makes her beholden to peculiar interests.

Bonta had 38% of the ballot successful the June primary, good abbreviated of the bulk she needed to triumph outright and debar a runoff with Ramachandran, who finished 2nd with 25%. Under California’s predetermination strategy the apical 2 vote-getters determination connected the wide predetermination careless of their enactment affiliation.

Mia and I voted!

YES for Mia Bonta for State Assembly!

And

NO connected the Republican Recall!

Get your ballots successful today!! pic.twitter.com/y5xyb2025D

— Rob Bonta (@RobBonta) August 31, 2021

Two-thirds of voters successful the 18th Assembly District are registered Democrats. Rob Bonta won with 87% enactment successful each of his past 4 elections. He near the Legislature successful April aft Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed him to capable the state’s apical instrumentality enforcement post.

Mia Bonta is president of the Alameda School Board and main enforcement of Oakland Promise, a assemblage and vocation mentation programme successful the city’s nationalist schools. She raised astir 3 times arsenic overmuch arsenic her hostile and benefited from 4 autarkic expenditure committees that spent astir $1 cardinal connected her behalf.

Bonta has endorsements from the authorities Democratic Party, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland and the authorities treasurer, schools superintendent and caput of state. Bonta, 49, is besides backed by the Legislature’s Latino and Black caucuses.

“I’ve dedicated my beingness to warring for progressive change,” Bonta said successful a run ad. “From anti-poverty activistic to acquisition nonprofit leader, I’ll support starring connected investing successful nationalist schools, bold clime action, and transgression justness reform.”

Ramachandran, 29, is a societal justness attorney, antecedently served connected the Oakland Public Ethics Commission and presently serves connected the California Commission connected Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs. She is backed by the Legislature’s Asian and Pacific Islander and LGBTQ caucuses and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna.

Ramachandran says Bonta isn’t progressive capable for the 18th District that includes a ample swath of Oakland.

“My hostile whitethorn person the corporations connected her broadside – but what we person is overmuch much powerful: the powerfulness of the people,” Ramachandran said successful backing “a existent surviving wage, Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, rooting racism retired of our criminal-legal systems, and ending inhumane evictions.”

The results of Tuesday’s peculiar predetermination volition beryllium certified by Sept. 10.

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