I honestly wish I could run, but my district is represented by Adam Schiff and a block away we have Ted Lieu territory. They’re doing fantastic work and I’m in great hands. So instead, I’m volunteering for my good friend Regina Bateson (pictured above) who’s running for congress in the CA 04.
I’m not disappointed by our recent showings in GA and SC this week. Ok, I am a little, but honestly if we continue with those types of showings, we will win the House and we absolutely need to do so. And that means leaving no district uncontested.
CA 04 is in Central California. I’ve adopted it and Regina because I live in a safe blue district. California’s 4th encompasses Yosemite National Park and Lake Tahoe so you’d think that the district would be served by someone looking to protect our environment and it’s chief economic driver, tourism. Instead we have Tom McClintock a trump rubber stamp (sorry, I never capitalize trump’s name), climate change denier, constituent hating congressman who’s never lived in his own district in ten years and has no work experience other than being in politics since he was 25.
Regina Bateson on the other hand is awesome!
- She’s smart, having done her undergrad at Stanford and receiving both a Masters and PhD at Yale.
- She’s an educator teaching political science at MIT and now conducting research at Stanford.
- She’s committed to her country having joined and served in the Foreign Service after 9/11
- She’s a mother to 3 including twins and a wife to her husband Vivek, a Rhodes Scholar no less.
- She’s a woman and we know that we need more women in Congress (and the White House)
- She supports equality for all, believes climate change exists, supports health care as a right and is passionate about immigration having lived and served across Latin America.
I could go on about why I am supporting Gina, but rather than doing that I’d suggest that you check her out for yourself. We’re just getting started so everything will grow rapidly, but we can’t do any of this without your help. Tom McClintock will have the support of big business and the Koch’s so Regina needs the support of YOU.
Feel free to ask questions and Regina (when she lands) or I will do our best to answer in a timely manner.
Thanks!
Website: www.Bateson4congress.com
Twitter: @Bateson2018
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