Republican John Lee defeated Democrat Loraine Lundquist on Tuesday in a special election for a vacant northwest San Fernando Valley seat on the Los Angeles City Council in which the Democrat backed L.A.'s version of the "Green New Deal.".
Lee, a former City Hall staffer, attacked the Green New Deal and received support from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18.
Worries about job losses due to the Green New Deal spurred the union to back the Republican in a relatively conservative area Democrats hoped to flip.
His supporters argued that Lundquist had alienated voters by focusing on sweeping ideas like Mayor Eric Garcetti's version of the Green New Deal, which is aimed at combating climate change and weaning the city off of fossil fuels.
"This new green thing, doing away with automobiles, this is all part of her mantra and I don't think this district is ready for that."
Lee's victory, albeit with a narrow 52% majority, is an early test of the Green New Deal, the plan released early this year by first-term "Democratic socialist" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Many of the Democratic presidential candidates have embraced the Green New Deal or something like it.
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/08/15/voters-defeat-green-new-deal-advocate-in-los-angeles-city-council-race/
Lee, a former City Hall staffer, attacked the Green New Deal and received support from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18.
Worries about job losses due to the Green New Deal spurred the union to back the Republican in a relatively conservative area Democrats hoped to flip.
His supporters argued that Lundquist had alienated voters by focusing on sweeping ideas like Mayor Eric Garcetti's version of the Green New Deal, which is aimed at combating climate change and weaning the city off of fossil fuels.
"This new green thing, doing away with automobiles, this is all part of her mantra and I don't think this district is ready for that."
Lee's victory, albeit with a narrow 52% majority, is an early test of the Green New Deal, the plan released early this year by first-term "Democratic socialist" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Many of the Democratic presidential candidates have embraced the Green New Deal or something like it.
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/08/15/voters-defeat-green-new-deal-advocate-in-los-angeles-city-council-race/
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