| GARDEN GROVE, CA Just a day after releasing a major endorsement from the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), Kim Nguyen-Penaloza’s congressional campaign today announced another massive endorsement from the 3 million member strong National Education Association (NEA), the leading teacher’s union in the country, and the California Teachers Association (CTA).
Upon endorsing Kim Nguyen-Penaloza, California Teachers Assocation President David Goldberg released the following statement:
“As a homegrown leader and product of local public schools with a proven ability to win tough races, Kim Nguyen-Penaloza has the full support of over 3 million union educators across the country in the National Education Association. Members of the California Teachers Association are proud to endorse Kim’s campaign for Congress. We know that she will work to put our students first in Washington DC and we hope that you’ll join us in helping her flip CA-45 in 2024!”
The daughter of a Vietnamese refugee and a Mexican immigrant, Kim Nguyen-Penaloza 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, Councilwoman Nguyen-Penaloza 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, Councilwoman Nguyen-Penaloza 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. She is the Democratic Party endorsed candidate in CA-45.
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, Kim Nguyen-Penaloza 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. Councilwoman Nguyen-Penaloza is the only candidate for Congress in the nation endorsed by both BOLD PAC and ASPIRE PAC, the political arms of both the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Asian-American, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Members of Congress.
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