| GARDEN GROVE, CA California Democratic Party endorsed candidate Kim Nguyen-Penaloza today announced another major endorsement in her campaign for Congress, this time from the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), which represents over a half-million skilled craftspeople and construction workers across the United States and Canada
Upon endorsing Kim Nguyen-Penaloza, LIUNA released the following statement:
“On behalf of the over 70,000 California members of the Laborers’ International Union of North America and their families, we are pleased to endorse Kim Nguyen-Penaloza for Congress. Her devotion to creating good-paying union jobs has proven that she has what it takes to deliver for working families in Congress. We look forward to working with Kim to flip this seat next year!”
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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