Progressive activist Marcy Winograd will make her third try for California's 36th District official on Saturday, as she announces her candidacy for the special election to succeed Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.).
The high school English teacher tweeted Friday morning that she'll kick off her race Saturday at 10 a.m. at Fox Drug in Torrance, Calif.
The high school English teacher tweeted Friday morning that she'll kick off her race Saturday at 10 a.m. at Fox Drug in Torrance, Calif.
Winograd, who unsuccessfully challenged Harman in primaries in 2006 and 2010, joins Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn and Secretary of State Debra Bowen as Democrats in the race. Renaldo Beach City Attorney Mike Webb is the only announced Republican so far. Under the state's new primary law, if no one candidate gets 50 percent in the all-party primary, the top-two vote getters, regardless of party, will advance to a run-off.
The fiercely liberal Winograd's entrance will dramatically change the dynamics of the race, which until now was seen as a two-woman race between Hahn and Bowen. In an interview withHotline On Call earlier this month, Winograd had said she would get in the race if she didn't see the slate of candidates pushing a progressive agenda, particularly on issues relating to Palestine and Israel and ending the war in Afghanistan. In 2010, Winograd got 41 percent in a primary against Harman who's resigning to head the Woodrow Wilson Center, and in 2006 she polled 38 percent.
Winograd explained her decision to get in to the Los Angeles Daily Breeze, saying she "felt that we need a real progressive in the race, somebody who has been advocating for a long, long time that we need to transition from a war economy to a green economy."
Since the campaign began, Hahn has been quick to line up endorsements from state leaders, including the backing of six members of the state's congressional delegation and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D). A poll released this week by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee showed Bowen with a four-point lead in a two way race, but did not test Winograd. Hahn's campaign released its own internal poll showing the city councilwoman with a five point lead over Hahn in a six-candidate race, but didn't release the names of the candidates who were tested. Allen Hoffenblum, publisher of the non-partisan California Target Book, predicted toHotline On Call earlier this month that a three-way race would be best for Hahn. "How far does Debra Bowen to go to get her out of the race, and can she?" said Hoffenblum.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2011/02/winograd-to-enter-race-for-harman-s-seat-25
The fiercely liberal Winograd's entrance will dramatically change the dynamics of the race, which until now was seen as a two-woman race between Hahn and Bowen. In an interview withHotline On Call earlier this month, Winograd had said she would get in the race if she didn't see the slate of candidates pushing a progressive agenda, particularly on issues relating to Palestine and Israel and ending the war in Afghanistan. In 2010, Winograd got 41 percent in a primary against Harman who's resigning to head the Woodrow Wilson Center, and in 2006 she polled 38 percent.
Winograd explained her decision to get in to the Los Angeles Daily Breeze, saying she "felt that we need a real progressive in the race, somebody who has been advocating for a long, long time that we need to transition from a war economy to a green economy."
Since the campaign began, Hahn has been quick to line up endorsements from state leaders, including the backing of six members of the state's congressional delegation and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D). A poll released this week by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee showed Bowen with a four-point lead in a two way race, but did not test Winograd. Hahn's campaign released its own internal poll showing the city councilwoman with a five point lead over Hahn in a six-candidate race, but didn't release the names of the candidates who were tested. Allen Hoffenblum, publisher of the non-partisan California Target Book, predicted toHotline On Call earlier this month that a three-way race would be best for Hahn. "How far does Debra Bowen to go to get her out of the race, and can she?" said Hoffenblum.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2011/02/winograd-to-enter-race-for-harman-s-seat-25