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Senate Race: Buchanan Receives 29-2 Vote for Endorsement from Tri Valley Democratic Club

by ECT

State Senate Candidate Joan Buchanan announced this week that the Tri Valley Democratic Club voted 29-2 to endorse her candidacy over Democrat Susan Bonilla for the 7th Senate District seat.

Buchanan also announced Wednesday night she received a unanimous vote of endorsement from the Diablo Valley Democratic Club.

In contrast, Susan Bonilla this week she announced Congressman Mark DeSaulnier has endorsed her along with Congressman Mike Thompson, former Congresswoman and US Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher as well as CALFIRE.

Buchanan is running for the California 7th Senate District seat which was vacated when Mark DeSaulnier won a seat for Congress. A special election has been called with the Primary set for March 17 with the special election scheduled for May 19.

The 7th Senate District contains 100% of Buchanan’s former seat of AD 16, and portions of three other Assembly Districts. 56.4% of the Senate District’s registered voters reside in AD 16 and have been represented by Buchanan. Of the remaining voters, 21.2% reside in AD 11 (represented by Jim Frazier), 22.1% reside in AD 14 (Susan Bonilla), and 0.3% reside in AD 20 (Bill Quirk).

Assemblymember Joan Buchanan was elected to the California Assembly in 2008.  She recently finished her 3rd term representing the 16th Assembly District (AD-16) and is seeking her first term in the California Senate in Senate District 7 (SD-7).

A veteran school board member with 18 years of service on the San Ramon Valley School Board, including four terms as board president, education has been a lifelong priority for Assemblymember Buchanan. Joan is a 36 year resident of Alamo, CA and a native Californian. She holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Also running for the seat are Republican Mark Meuser (Walnut Creek) and Democrat Terry Kremin (Concord).

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