In a race where the two candidates are separated by less than 1%, it appears that Laura Richardson has emerged the victor over former Compton City Councilwoman Michelle Chambers for the Senate District 35 seat.
There is one African American woman currently serving in the California State Senate, Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Ladera Heights).
Continuing to expand the widespread coalition of working families’ organizations supporting her bid for Senate District 35, Michelle Chambers recently announced the endorsement of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 47.
“I was asked to run for this seat, which is another blessing in itself. It really shows a testament of the faith that other leaders have in you -that they sought me out for this seat. To receive the blessing of the incumbent Just made it impossible for me to even deny,” Michelle Chambers, who is running for City District 35 State Senate said.
Last week, Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles) and former Compton city councilmember Michelle Chambers received key endorsements from powerful California unions in their respective candidacies for elected office.
Black folks are more likely to be impacted by heart disease due to differences in blood pressure, body weight, access to health care, and numerous other social factors of health.
Veteran City of Compton Councilwoman and 30-year public policy expert, Michelle Chambers launches her campaign backed by trusted and influential leaders spanning from local district to state level.
“Our family has been shaken to the core of the loss of our Mike. Thank you to everyone who contacted us, flooded us with love, and more importantly, prayers. I will miss my brother, my best friend and birthday partner in this realm, but I know he will continue to watch over me and our family in heaven as he did on earth,” Michelle Chambers, Williams’ sister, said in a statement.
For years, the members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors were known as “The Five Kings,” a title used to describe the powerful all-male Board of Supervisors, which remained that way until 1982 when Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke shattered the glass ceiling and became the first woman and the first African American to be elected to the Board of Supervisors.
Compton Mayor Aja Brown and city Councilmembers Emma Shariff, Tana McCoy and Michelle Chambers all sign on to support Mike Bloomberg for president in 2020 elections.
The City of Compton held its elections for District 1 and 4 for council district seats on Tuesday, June 4.
As of press-time, Michelle Chambers took home the victory winning the election, defeating incumbent Janna Zurita by a large margin of 65 percent of the votes for the District 1 seat.