As 2021 comes to a close, several campaigns launched with an eye towards the future 2022 election. The Santa Clarita Valley now offers a wide berth of candidates running for Congress, the California State Assembly and the Santa Clarita City Council, to which The Proclaimer has offered a quick rundown of where all the races […]
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“The people are ready for the truth”: Steve Hill talks about his run for CA-25
Who would you expect to be driving a vehicle with the license plate “4 SATAN”? If Steve Hill gets his way, the answer is the next representative of California’s 25th Congressional District. In the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington, D.C., Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) came under heavy fire for his rhetoric […]
“I am that candidate”: How Rhoda Nazanin sees victory in CA-25 race
Santa Clarita has never seen anyone like Rhoda Nazanin. And that’s the point. Nazanin is an Iranian immigrant whose family fled persecution from the Ayatollah Khamenei’s regime in 1993. The daughter of a pastor, she became the first queer Iranian female pastor in the world to be credentialed by the Assemblies of God. And she’s […]
“It’s a fight that’s worth having”: Smith launches 2022 campaign for CA-25
After two races for Congress in 2020, Christy Smith is ready to make a comeback. The former assemblywoman announced on Wednesday that she will once again run for California’s 25th Congressional District again in 2022 after a narrow 333-vote loss to Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) last year. Smith expressed her eagerness to run a […]
Cartoon: Mike’s Choice
Following the attack on the United States Capitol Building by pro-Trump insurrectionaries on Jan. 6, Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) released a statement which contained the following after he objected to the electoral votes in Arizona and Pennsylvania: “…My objection to the electoral votes of two states was not in an attempt to overturn the results of […]
