Chief of Staff to Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally
Chief-of-Staff to Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally
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Kenneth Orduna
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FROM Kenneth Orduna
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Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald Dies Sunday Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald served a district including Compton, Carson, much of Long Beach and parts of Los Angeles until she died of cancer on Sunday. In 1991, she became the first African American elected to the Carson City Council, and she served in the Assembly before going to Congress in 1996. Governor Schwarzenegger has the next two weeks to set a special election . Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally is one of those who predict a "major scramble" to replace her.
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