Which Way, L.A.?
A Local Campaign Is Ending as a Statewide Race Gets Underway
Opening her candidacy for the US Senate, Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez may have tripped over an ill-timed joke with ethnic stereotypes -- including a war whoop. We hear how it sounded and how it's playing in parts of the state where Sanchez is not yet well known.
By Warren Olney • • 21m ListenOpening her candidacy for the US Senate, Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez may have tripped over an ill-timed joke with ethnic stereotypes -- including a war whoop. We hear how it sounded and how it's playing in parts of the state where Sanchez is not yet well known.
Also, there's a lot at stake in tomorrow's run-off election for an LA City Council seat that sprawls from Hancock Park through Silver Lake and over the Hollywood hills to Sherman Oaks. A long-time City Hall insider faces a challenger who wants to be known as Mr. Outside.
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Photo: US Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez
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Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez is a candidate to replace retiring Barbara Boxer in the US Senate. At this weekend's State Democratic Convention, Sanchez had a chance to introduce herself statewide. At one stop, she gave an informal talk to a caucus of Indian Americans — that's Americans of descent from India.
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Carolyn Ramsay has been the chief of staff for LA City Councilman Tom LaBonge, who's been termed out of office. Ramsay is LaBonge's hand-picked successor. In a multi-candidate primary, she won by just 85 votes out of 240,000 cast. Her challenger is David Ryu , who's trying to make a virtue out of his inexperience.
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