Two progressive candidates are battling for outgoing state Sen. Nancy Skinner’s District 7 seat, which represents roughly 847,000 voters in Contra Costa and Alameda counties along the I-880 corrido…
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín, left, is facing off against AC Transit Board member and former Richmond Councilmember Jovanka Beckles for the District 7 state Senate seat.Two progressive candidates are battling for outgoing state Sen. Nancy Skinner’s District 7 seat, which represents roughly 847,000 voters in Contra Costa and Alameda counties along the I-880 corridor, including Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and Alameda.
Since July, Arreguín’s campaign has raised more than $224,200, totaling roughly $835,000 in contributions supporting his bid for state senate this year. His campaign still had roughly a quarter-million dollars left to spend this election, according to campaign filings through Sept. 21. Independent expenditures supporting Arreguín exceeded $1.7 million by Oct.
While he said the status quo is not working, he said his 20-year political career in Berkeley regional legislative experience serving on the Association of Bay Area Governments, Bay Area Housing Finance Authority and Bay Conservation and Development Commission will help him push bills forward. Arreguín said his pragmatism will help deliver results for constituents and get things done, arguing that his opponent’s “divisiveness and partisanship” will hinder efforts to move the needle in Sacramento.
If Beckles is elected, her number one priority in Sacramento would be addressing income inequality through increasing affordable housing construction and minimum wages, as well as reforming existing state law, such as Prop 13.
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