congress

By Arturo Castañares
Editor-at-Large

San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond surprised political observers when he suddenly switched districts on Friday in his run for the United States House of Representatives.

Desmond, who will be termed out of office this year as he finishes his second four-year term on the Board of Supervisors, has been raising money for his congressional race against incumbent Mike Levin in the 49th Congressional District. Levin is a Democrat.

Photo: Ammar Campa-Najjar with then-Chula Vista Mayor Mary Casillas Salas
Credit: Campa-Najjar campaign

By Arturo Castañares
Editor-at-Large

A former candidate for Chula Vista Mayor continues to use an address in the City nearly three years after losing the election, despite being exposed for actually living in San Diego during and after his campaign.

Ammar Campa-Najjar lost his campaign for Mayor in November 2022 to then-Councilman John McCann by a margin of 52% to 48%.

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<p>A South Texas Republican Congresswoman who flipped her district in a June special election has been defeated by a three-term Democratic Congressman, ending her political career in Washington, DC just five months after it began.</p>

<p>Mayra Flores was elected in June to finish the term of veteran Democratic Congressman Filemon Vela, who left office to become a lobbyist. Vela was serving his fifth two-year term in Congress when he resigned in March 2022.</p>

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Commentary:
By Hector E. Sanchez

As a coalition of 39 preeminent Latino organizations, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) seeks to influence public policy to ensure that Latino interests are taken into account at the national level. This is an important time to reflect on what the Latino advocacy community believes Congress should accomplish and which policy areas Latinos should keep an eye on in the coming weeks. It is all of our responsibility to hold Members of Congress accountable.

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