The Los Angeles Times editorial board has endorsed Dave Min for Congress in CA-47. You can read the whole endorsement here.
From the editorial:
(Scott) Baugh’s campaign website proclaims that he is “fighting for Orange County values.” But what Baugh, a longtime figure in county Republican politics, seems to have missed is that Orange County values have changed.
Much of the 47th was once a bedrock conservative district; after redistricting in 2021, it stretches from Laguna Beach to Seal Beach and includes Irvine and Costa Mesa. Except for Huntington Beach, where the City Council prefers to ban books and waste time trying to force teachers to out transgender students, views in the district are far more mixed. This was once Reagan country, but in 2020 53.5% of Orange County voters supported President Biden.
For the most part, this is a district that still believes in a woman’s right to make her own medical decisions; abortion bans are not a popular notion. With UC Irvine in its midst, it is an area that believes in quality education that is made accessible to students of all backgrounds. And with much of it lying along the coast, climate change is a serious threat. That’s not to mention residents’ concerns about oil rigs and the history of toxic offshore oil spills.
By far the better candidate to represent the interests of the district is Min, who, like Porter, is a former law professor at UC Irvine. He would fight to protect abortion, IVF and contraception rights; he wants to bolster public education at all levels; and he carried state legislation to phase out oil and gas drilling in California waters, which didn’t pass but was the right idea.
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The Times references Min’s May 2023 DUI–
Politicians aren’t mistake-free, but the sign that they will be a good public servant is when they don’t seek to be treated differently from anyone else, admit they were wrong, apologize and show that they’ve learned from the experience.
In this very close race, voters should set Min’s error aside and vote for the only candidate in the race who will defend their rights and fight to protect the local and global environment.