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Racial Politics Behind Race For Millender-Mcdonald Seat
The 37th Congressional district includes most of Long Beach, Carson and Compton. In a special election tomorrow, voters will choose a replacement for Juanita Millender-McDonald who died of cancer in April. Even if nobody wins outright, the winner of the Democratic primary is expected to beat any Republican in a runoff.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe 37th Congressional district includes most of Long Beach, Carson and Compton. In a special election tomorrow, voters will choose a replacement for Juanita Millender-McDonald who died of cancer in April. Even if nobody wins outright, the winner of the Democratic primary is expected to beat any Republican in a runoff. Like many predecessors, Millinder-McDonald was African-American. To replace her, the two leading candidates are African-American Assemblywoman Laura Richardson and Hispanic State Senator Jenny Oropeza. Millender-McDonald’s daughter, Valerie McDonald, is also running. All are Democrats, but the contest has raised questions about what’s been called an unwritten rule of Los Angeles politics.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Constance Rice
Civil rights attorney based in Los Angeles and Co-Director of the Advancement Project in Los Angeles
The full episode
2 of 3Politics and Race in LA’s Congressional Delegation- 1:19Fire Raging in South Lake Tahoe
- 9:44Racial Politics Behind Race For Millender-Mcdonald Seat You’re reading this
- 19:54San Francisco Mayor Cuts spending on Water Bottles for City Employees