Oroville, CA – Today, California Assemblyman James Gallagher filed official papers to run in the First Congressional District.
“The new First District was gerrymandered by politicians thinking they could ensure their own election. They forgot that the people choose their representatives not the other way around. Doug LaMalfa was a true representative of the people and I am running to carry his banner of leadership and teach the politicians this fundamental lesson once and for all,” said Gallagher. “My message to them is this: you thought you could rig the game, but we are flipping the script. We’re not giving up without a fight and we are coming for you!
“I am running because the people of the 1st Congressional District deserve a representative who will fight everyday to lower our costs, keep our communities safe, and protect our precious water and resources. Someone who is beholden to you the people only and not the special interests. Together we can defeat the political class and restore representation to the North. Unite the North!” said Gallagher.
The gerrymandered first district stretches from the High Sierra to suburban Santa Rosa in Sonoma County. Congressman LaMalfa had been planning to run for reelection to Congress from the seat.
ABOUT JAMES GALLAGHER
Assemblyman James Gallagher’s family has called the North State home since the 1800s. Since being elected to the State Assembly in 2014, James has been a voice for common-sense policies that reduce burdensome regulations and taxes on families and small businesses, reduce wildfire risk, support law enforcement and protect the North State’s water resources. An attorney and partner in the family’s farming business, James Gallagher is married to his high school sweetheart, Janna, and they have five children.
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