Labeling it a "monumental" endorsement, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn of San Pedro announced Tuesday that the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO is endorsing her campaign for the 36th Congressional District.
The labor group, which represents more than 350 unions with membership in excess of 800,000 workers, is expected to add significant fundraising and get-out-the-vote clout to Hahn's bid to succeed former Rep. Jane Harman, who resigned last month to lead a Washington think tank.
Hahn is one of three prominent Democrats running for the coastal district stretching from Venice to San Pedro. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen of Marina del Rey, who represented much of the South Bay in the state Legislature from 1992-2006, has declared her candidacy. Santa Monica resident, anti-war activist and high school teacher Marcy Winograd has also entered the race. Winograd took 41 percent of the vote in last June's Democratic primary against Harman.
Three South Bay Republicans have also begun campaigns. They are: Redondo Beach City Attorney Mike Webb; Redondo Beach Mayor Mike Gin, who, in order to campaign, has taken a leave of absence from his position as a field deputy to Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe; and Hermosa Beach City Councilman Kit Bobko, an attorney and graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy.
According to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Office, 20 people have taken nomination papers for the race. Prospective candidates have until 5 p.m. Friday to file.
The primary will be held May 17.
If no candidate wins a majority then, the top-two vote getters regardless of party would advance to a July 12 runoff.
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