Cooper Hefner, son of the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, announced that he's launching an exploratory campaign to run as a Democrat for the California Senate in the state's 30th District, which includes Los Angeles County.
Cooper Hefner announced Monday that he's launching an exploratory campaign to run as a Democrat for the California Senate in the state's 30th District, which includes Los Angeles County.The incumbent in the district, state Sen. Holly Mitchell, is running for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. If she wins her election this November, Gov. Gavin Newsom will call for a special election in the first quarter of 2021. If Mitchell loses, then the election cycle will move into 2022.
After leaving his role as the chief of global partnerships of Playboy Enterprises in May 2019, he took on an advisory role to Playboy's chief executive officer as he worked on launching his own media company, HefPost.But he says public service is in his heart. He joined the US Air Force in December last year and went through basic training until April.
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