First of Cesar Chavez Family to Run for Public Office. California

“Christine Chavez, granddaughter of labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, makes her official announcement today to run for the 45th Assembly District, representing from East Los Angeles to Hollywood. Christine Chavez is the first of the Cesar Chavez family to run for public office and represents a new crop of Latino leaders and a new generation from the Chavez legacy ready to be put to the political test.

“From a grandfather’s legacy to a granddaughter’s commitment, hard-working families and their children need a different kind of lawmaker that comes from a lifetime of public service, environmental justice and civil rights,” said candidate Christine Chavez (D-Los Angeles) for the 45th Assembly District. “I want to organize our neighborhoods to fight for the things people need. No child should be denied the textbooks they need and no one student should find the doors to a community college closed to them. No worker should be paid less than a living wage and no child should be without health insurance. No community or neighborhood or class of people should face the threat of pollution, and no polluter should go unpunished. And no people shall be denied any of the rights granted to others. There are no exceptions.”"

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