Former California Speaker John Perez Running for Xavier Becerra’s Congressional Seat

Former California Assembly speaker John Perez – who announced yesterday he was considering a run for DNC chairman – announced he will be running for Congress. This just in from Democratic strategist Dave Jacobson:

#BREAKING @SpeakerPerez announced he will run for @XavierBecerra vacated seat #CA34 now that Becerra will be CA's next Atty Gen @maczilber

— Dave Jacobson (@daverjacobson) December 1, 2016

Perez apparently sent out a press statement shortly after the Becerra news broke.

45 minutes after @JerryBrownGov announces @RepBecerra as his state AG pick, we've got our first candidate to replace Becerra in Congress pic.twitter.com/JC5pSGheyA

— Christine Mai-Duc (@cmaiduc) December 1, 2016

If Perez is going to run for Becerra’s seat in California’s 34th congressional district, that would presumably take him out of contention for the DNC chairman race.

Author: David de Sola

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