Special Congressional Election Tomorrow!

The primary in the Special Congressional election in the 37th District (Long Beach, Compton) is tomorrow (6/26). The election is being watched closely by Greens because Green Party candidate Daniel Brezenoff is running a strong grassroots campaign.

The Democrats are strongly favored to retain the seat formerly held by Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, who died from cancer in April, but with 17 candidates a run-off is likely. The leading Democratic candidates are state Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach) and Assemblywoman Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach).

If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote tomorrow, the top vote-getter from each party will go on to the general election in August. This means that Brezenoff does not need to finish in second place to get to the run-off.

Check back here Tuesday evening for preliminary results.