Rep. Barbara Lee is trying to move up from fourth in the polls to the top two in the March 5 primary for U.S. Senate.
We’re a big state with big challenges. Each morning we explain the top issues and how Californians are trying to solve them.One weekly email, all the Golden State newsGet the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.Rep. Barbara Lee, a candidate for U.S. Senate, gave an interview at CalMatters’ office in Sacramento on Feb. 22, 2024.
It’s an uphill battle for Lee ahead of the March 5 primary, as she trails two fellow Democratic members of Congress — Adam Schiff and Katie Porter — as well as former baseball star Steve Garvey, a Republican. Only the top two will advance to the general election in November.“I’m doing my campaign people to people, voter to voter,” she told CalMatters in an hour-long interview Thursday. She has five get-out-the-vote rallies scheduled this week,when it was still illegal nationwide.
“I think my agenda speaks to the agenda of the majority of Californians who are not billionaires and who are just struggling to make ends meet,” she said. “The way the campaign finance system is built at this point … is very discriminatory,” she said. “Many of our colleagues … if they had access to the same type of resources that others have, they would come around because they’d be freer in terms of their legislation.”supported by Schiff and Porter. The $50 an hour is what California families realistically need to make to survive, Lee said, citing a, which would increase the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour to $17 by 2028.
But, she said, she wants to ensure the measure does not criminalize more unsheltered people in California. “Devil’s in the details,” she said. In addressing California’s crime rate, Lee said the federal government must first pass a nationwide assault weapon ban and prioritize police accountability.
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