Former Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook, who is known in Long Beach for challenging Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in 2008, has endorsed Brad Shore in the 9th District City Council race.
"Brad Shore will make a great councilman," Cook said in a statement. "He truly cares about the well-being of the people in his district. He has a real drive to bring positive change to the 9th District and Long Beach."
Though Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, easily beat Cook, a Democrat, in the election she had a strong showing in Long Beach, where she garnered a majority of the vote.
Shore is a therapist at St. Mary Medical Center, serving geriatric patients, and works at American Airlines. Both positions are part-time.
This is the second significant endorsement Shore has picked up in a week.
Former Councilman Doug Drummond, who served the 3rd District, backed him last week.
Also in the race for the 9th in 2010 are Councilman Val Lerch, who is running a write-in campaign in hopes of a third term, Lerch's former staffer, Dan Pressburg, a financial consultant, and Steve Neal, a social worker.
