2020 Endorsements

A Chance To Elect A Real Progressive Candidate

A vote for Angelica Dueñas in CA-29 will bring a voice to the House that will speak for people instead of the corporations.

Carl J. Petersen
4 min readOct 8, 2020

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Angelica Dueñas (from her campaign’s website)

“We believe that quality education is a human right.”

- Angelica Dueñas

Time after time, progressives are told that even though the majority of the electorate supports our policies, the candidates that espouse these policies are “too radical” and, therefore, not electable. To make sure that we fall into line we are told that if the moderate candidate is not chosen in the primary, we will cede the seat to the Republicans. When too many people buy into this fear, Hillary Clinton becomes the nominee rather than Bernie Sanders. The result is incremental change; promises of universal healthcare are watered down into programs like Obamacare.

When voters in California’s 29th Congressional district fill in their mail-in ballot this election season, they can vote their conscience without having to worry about this fear. Thanks to California’s jungle primary, the Republicans were shut out during the voting in March and two Democrats are now facing off.

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Carl J. Petersen
Carl J. Petersen

Written by Carl J. Petersen

Parent, special education advocate and former LAUSD School Board candidate. Still fighting for the children. www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com

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