Riverside County to receive special elections after the legislator leaves

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First thing on April 1st, then assisted Bill Esaili argued about his It was a ban on transgender students From the game of sports teams of girls.

The bill failed with the Commission. But later on the same day, announced Essayli He resigned His place to take a meeting for an US lawyer in Central County of California.

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In its resignation axis Essayli Posted on xHe advertised his fighting from the Cultural War in the predominant democratic meeting, which undoubtedly helped him position him for the new work, as President Donald Trump is processing the federal judicial system.

“When I joined the Assembly, parental rights, illegal immigration and the voter identification number were peripheral problems; we made them at the center of our party,” writes Essayli.

The sudden departure of Essayli, just months after he has won a re -election for his Temecula area, will provoke special elections this year. Governor Gavin Newsom has 14 days after the vacancy to call special elections, which should be held from 126 to 140 days after the proclamation. This means that it can take place in mid-August earlier or early September.

The competition will start with a special primary, followed by a special general election, if no candidate receives a majority of the vote. Civil servants have not announced dates for this election.

On the day he retired, Essayli approved Lake Elsinore. Natasha Johnson Inherit him.

“I chose Natasha because I know she is a fighter and she will carry my message and the battles we have had in Sacramento,” Esayly says in Instagram.

Johnson, who has served on the Municipal Council of Lake Elsinore since 2012, cannot be reached for comment, but in a separate publication he said he plans to run for public safety, parental rights, homelessness and increasing costs in California.

Democrat Chris ShultsAn English teacher at the high school, which caused Essayli in November, plans to be held in the special elections on such “kitchen table problems” as jobs and costs, he said, adding that he thinks he will have the upper hand in the current political climate. Shoultts indicated that Democrats elsewhere in the country have performed better at the last special elections than in the general election last year.

Republicans have an advantage with six points in the district, with nearly 39% of registered voters. Nearly 33% are registered as democratic, 21% list the party’s preferences and the rest are registered in third countries.

Essayli won with more than 14 points in November, but Shouls and his supporters hope some of these voters will switch sides, as the stock exchange falls and prices rise against the backdrop of Trump’s trade war.

“As opposition policies continue to affect people, I think the registration numbers will not mean as much as there may be in other elections because everyone is affected,” says Joy Silver, chairman of the Democratic Party of Riverside County.

After choosing in 2022, Essayli has played In the meeting, the introduction of accounts on hot buttons that didn’t have little chance of passing, often make a point.

Last year he suggested Cancellation of health care of undocumented immigrantsstriving to start a discussion on funding priorities.

Just recently he Inserted into the reparation debate By promoting a bill that competes with a similar measure from the California legislative black croak, then left legislation in limbs when he retired last week.

While these topics probably made the way to the appointment of Essayli’s federal prosecutor, Shouls believes they will make Riverside district voters ready to change.

“The problems with the war at national level were his priority,” Shults said. “So we feel that we can do better than him and better than his selected heir. We have always been on the topic of living costs, as a top priority, whether the cost of eggs or gas, the protection of veterans, the protection of development such as warehouses, public health, environment and public safety.”

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