Among the politicians who attended the event was WeHo resident Sandra Fluke, who joined Stonewall Democratic Club President Stephan Simon. Fluke is in the top two race in November for State Senate District 26 against Ben Allen. She says fighting for transgender rights is a top priority.
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Last week West Hollywood got a very pleasant surprise; a nationally renowned women’s social justice activist who made a feint for a seat in Congress and gave the State senate a shot in the June primary made the top two, meaning that she’ll be on November’s ballot.
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The race was the most contested of any of the 20 Senate primaries in California. Fluke campaigned for environmental protection, affordable education and repealing of part of the tax-limiting Proposition 13 law.
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Women's rights activist and attorney, Sandra Fluke, finished in the top two in her run for an open state Senate seat in California's 26th district. Current state Senator Ted Lieu is running for the retiring Henry Waxman's seat. The two candidates who earn the most votes in California primary elections advance to the general election regardless of political party, so Fluke will now compete against fellow Democrat Ben Allen for the seat. The general election will take place on November 4.
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Fluke finished second in the open primary, following rival Ben Allen. Both will compete in November for the seat being vacated by state Sen. Ted Lieu (D), who's running for Congress this year.
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Vaulted onto the national stage after Rush Limbaugh labeled her a ‘slut,’ the activist and attorney is running for California state Senate—and the right-wing side-eye just keeps coming.
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Sandra Fluke, the women’s rights activist who gave Rush Limbaugh heartburn, is one step closer to becoming an elected official in California.
Fluke finished second behind Ben Allen, a fellow Democrat, in Tuesday’s primary race for a state Senate seat in Southern California. They both advance to the Nov. 4 general election because of California’s unique primary rules in which the top two vote-getters move on regardless of party.
Fluke gained national fame in 2012 when Limbaugh called her a “slut” and a “prostitute” on his radio show for her support of President Obama’s health care law.
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Democrats Ben Allen and Sandra Fluke will face off in the November general election as the top two-vote getters among eight candidates in Tuesday’s primary election for the 26th District state Senate seat in Los Angeles County.
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The Los Angeles News Group called it—endorsing both educator Ben Allen and reproductive rights activist Sandra Fluke in their Daily News and Daily Breeze newspapers to succeed the South Bay State Senate seat being vacated by Ted Lieu. Allen, a member of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, won 21.9% of the vote, becoming the top vote-getter out of eight candidates vying for the open seat.
Fluke, a public interest attorney and West Hollywood resident, came in second with 19.4% of the vote. She and Allen will battle it out in November.
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Lawyer Sandra Fluke rode national recognition all the way to a speaking role at the 2012 Democratic Convention, after Rush Limbaugh called her a “slut” for supporting the wider availability of birth control at a congressional hearing. She took second place in a big field vying for State Senate District 26. She beat a better fundraiser, someone with experience in the state legislature, and the race's only candidate with no party affiliation.
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