For Immediate Release: October 15, 2015
Contact: Dave Jacobson, (818) 943-2348, Shallman Communications
CORREA CONTINUES CORRALLING SUPPORT AMONG LOCAL O.C. LEADERS FOR CONGRESSIONAL RUN
Local Orange County Public Safety Leader, City Council Member & School Board Member Sign-On to Lou Correa’s Campaign for Congress (CA-46)
SANTA ANA, CA— In a spectacular display of his commanding force in the race for California’s 46th Congressional District seat, today former State Senator Lou Correa collected a trio of endorsements from a local Orange County public safety leader, as well as a local City Council Member and School Board Member.
The Orange County leaders endorsing former State Senator Lou Correa today include:
- Anaheim Police Chief John Welter (Ret.)*
- City of Garden Grove City Council Member Kris Beard
- Huntington Beach Unified School District Board Member Bonnie Castrey
In response to news of the endorsements, former State Senator Lou Correa remarked:
“It’s really gratifying to have the support of these locally respected and trusted leaders. Their trust and confidence in my candidacy means a real lot to me personally. It also serves as a testament to my long record of delivering results for our regional community and my firm commitment to working hard in this campaign to build wide-ranging support throughout Orange County. I’m really thrilled to add these key leaders to my list of supporters.”
Reflecting his expansive and growing list of endorsements, former Senator Correa has raked-in support from the following leaders and organizations:
Organizations
• California Small Business Association
• Building Our Leadership Diversity (BOLD) PAC
Elected Leaders
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair and Congresswoman Linda Sánchez
• Congresswoman & former State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass
• Congressman Juan Vargas
• Congressman Alan Lowenthal
• Congressman Pete Aguilar
• Congressman Ted Lieu
• California’s State Treasurer John Chiang
• California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
• California State Senate President Pro-Tem Kevin de León
• California Board of Equalization Chair Jerome Horton
• California Latino Legislative Caucus Chair and State Assemblyman Luis Alejo
• California State Senator and former Air Force General Richard Roth
• California State Senator & LGBT trailblazer Mark Leno
• Santa Ana City Council Member Michele Martinez
• Santa Ana Unified School District Board President John Palacio
• Santa Ana Unified School District Clerk Valerie Amezcua
• Santa Ana Unified School District Board Member José Alfredo Hernández, J.D.
• Anaheim Union High School District Board President Annemarie Randle-Trejo
• Anaheim Union High School District Board Member Al Jabbar
• Anaheim City School District Board of Education President Bob Gardner
• Anaheim City School District Board of Education Member Ryan Ruelas
• Los Angeles City Councilman, past State Senator Gil Cedillo
Community Leaders
• South County Labor Chair Ray Cordova*
Correa served in the California State Senate, representing the 34th District, from 2006- 2014 and served the cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Stanton and Westminster. Prior to the Senate, he served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors representing the 1st District. Before his time on the Board, Correa served in the California State Assembly representing the 69th District.
For more information, please visit www.LouCorrea.com.
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