Ami Bera, Kamala Harris win |
Indian Americans Rep. Ami Bera, D-Sacramento, and California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat, both received endorsements from the California Democratic Party Feb. 27.Bera, who has been in an ongoing battle with Sikh Americans and labor groups in his district – CD-7 – handily won his endorsement, gaining nearly 90 percent of the vote. Fifty people voted for the sole Indian American in Congress, while six voted against him.Bera – who is seeking his third term in office – is running unopposed in the primary election June 7. He will face Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones – a Republican – in the general election Nov. 8. Bera has been opposed by some labor organizations for his vote last year supporting the Trade Promotion Authority bill in the House, which allows the president to “fast-track” trade treaties with certain countries, without Congressional oversight. He has also been opposed by some Sikh Americans for not declaring the 1984 riots – following the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination – a “genocide” . Harris – whose name has been tossed about as a possible successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia – also handily won her endorsement from the California Harris is battling Rep.
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