| GARDEN GROVE, CA After announcing a major labor endorsement last week from the Teamsters Joint Council 42 and endorsements from Congresswomen Linda Sanchez, Katie Porter, Sara Jacobs, and Jill Tokuda, Kim Bernice Nguyen’s congressional campaign today announced another massive union endorsement from the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA). This support comes after the campaign also released endorsements from CHC BOLD PAC, the LA/OC Building and Construction Trades Council, State Senator Tom Umberg, Former State Assemblyman Tom Daly, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, United Association Local 250, and OC Supervisor Katrina Foley, among many others.
Upon endorsing Ms. Nguyen, OCEA General Manager Charles Barfield stated :
“On behalf of the 18,000 hard working members of the Orange County Employees Association, we are proud to endorse Kim Bernice Nguyen for Congress. As a Councilwoman, Kim has always been a champion for working families and we know she’ll fight for us everyday in Washington. Please join OCEA in supporting Kim for this important swing seat in 2024.”
OCEA is the largest public sector union in Orange County, representing 18,000 public health nurses, law enforcement officials, food inspectors, court workers, and other county, city, and special district workers throughout Orange County.
Since announcing her congressional campaign, Kim Bernice Nguyen has amassed over 50 federal, state, county, local, education, and labor endorsements, showing that she is the Democrat who can win the primary and ultimately defeat MAGA Republican Michelle Steel.
The daughter of a Vietnamese refugee and a Mexican immigrant, Kim Bernice Nguyen was the first in her family to graduate high school and college. At just 25, she won a historic election as the youngest person and first Latina ever elected to the Garden Grove City Council. A leader on women’s issues, Ms. Nguyen has stood up to harassment and sought equality and justice throughout Southern California and has fought to ensure that immigrants, like her parents, have the dignity and opportunity to succeed in our communities. A homegrown leader, Ms. Nguyen attended Clinton-Mendenhall Elementary, Doig Intermediate, and Santiago High School. As a healthcare expert, she will bring a much-needed public health background to Congress, having formerly worked for CalOptima and now as a Program Manager for a large health plan.
CA-45 is one of the top pickup opportunities for Democrats in 2024. It is a Biden +6 district with a Democratic registration advantage of 5.6%. Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Latino voters are a majority of the district at 51.6% – with Vietnamese voters making up the largest block of AAPI voters at 58.4%. If elected, Ms. Nguyen would be the first person of Vietnamese descent ever elected to Congress in California and only the third in US history. She would also be the first Asian-Latina in Congress and one of a growing group of millennials seeking to make change on our most crucial issues.
For an updated list on all endorsements, click here |
