Gil Cisneros, a Democrat who served one term in Congress in another district, is running against Republican Daniel Martinez to succeed longtime Democratic Rep. Grace F. Napolitano.
For the first time in a generation, voters in the San Gabriel Valley will be choosing a new candidate to represent them in Congress, after longtime Democratic Rep. Grace F. Napolitano announced her retirement last summer. The district is a safe Democratic district, a predominantly Latino community that also has deep roots in the Asian American community. The crowded primary race drew 11 candidates, who came from all over the district.
He described himself as a 'weird politician' and said he is running because 'America is dead' and can only rise again by 'returning to the biblical values we have strayed from.' Martinez told The Times that his main interest in joining Congress is to support post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide mitigation for veterans, which was motivated by his father's suicide in 2015.
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