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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Ahead of the 22nd Congressional Debate connected Wednesday, Oct. 2, KGET sent each of the candidates successful the contention a questionnaire hoping to get answers to immoderate basal questions — an instauration to voters successful the district.
We asked each campaigner respective questions:
- Name
- Age
- Hometown; City you reside in
- Tell america astir your family.
- Give america a little acquisition history
- Party registration; How agelong person you been registered with that party?
- Give america a little vocation history
- Why are you moving for this office?
- How agelong person you lived successful the 20th Congressional District?
- Describe your governmental philosophy
Below are responses from the candidates participating successful Wednesday’s debate.
Rudy Salas
Age: 47
Hometown, spot of residence: Born and raised successful Bakersfield and Delano. I unrecorded today
near wherever I grew up, by the Fairgrounds.
Family: Single
Educational history: Graduated from Bakersfield South High School and UCLA
where helium majored successful Political Science and History.
Career history: After assemblage I worked successful the Office of the Vice President of the
United States earlier I returned location and worked arsenic a counsellor astatine CSUB helping High
School kids spell to college. In 2010, I ran for and was the archetypal Latino ever elected to the
Bakersfield City Council. I was past elected to the California State Assembly wherever I
served from 2012-2022.
History of elected service: Bakersfield City Council 2010-2012; CA State Assembly 2012-2022.4
Party registration: "Lifelong Democrat."
Length of residence successful the district: "I was calved and raised successful this territory and person lived present astir each of my life."
Why you are moving for this office?: "The Central Valley is location for me. I spot acold excessively galore neighbors and working-class families, similar the 1 I was raised in, struggling and they don’t person a Congressman warring for them.
The existent Congressman has voted repeatedly to instrumentality wealth retired of the pockets of moving families successful the Valley. He voted nary connected lowering the terms of medicine for diabetes, tried to instrumentality distant people’s affordable healthcare, voted to summation taxes connected California homeowners, and adjacent voted nary connected a taxation recognition to assistance moving parents.
I’ve spent the past decennary serving the radical of the Central Valley and moving to put
more wealth into their pockets. I voted NO connected the state tax, voted to little the terms of life-saving medicines, similar insulin for diabetes, and delivered backing to combat Valley Fever and regenerate failed drinking h2o wells.
In Congress, I’ll combat to headdress the terms of insulin astatine $35 a period for each Americans, present taxation alleviation for moving parents, and walk a first-time location purchaser taxation recognition to marque the imagination of homeownership a world for much moving families."
Political philosophy: "I was calved and raised present successful the Valley. Growing up, I worked with my dada successful the fields and successful construction. I cognize what hard enactment is and I respect it. After moving my mode done college, I came location to assistance kids get into college. I entered nationalist work to combat for moving families, similar the 1 I grew up in, crossed the Valley.
My doctrine is simple. Do the astir magnitude of bully for the astir magnitude of people.
That’s what I’ve done passim my clip successful nationalist work – dedicating myself to
delivering existent results for Valley families.
I’ve proven I’ll enactment with Democrats, Republicans, and Independants to marque a
difference for Valley families. I’m arrogant of the information that I was the lone Assembly
Democrat to ballot NO connected the state tax, due to the fact that it was the close happening to do.
I passed authorities that allows California to manufacture life-saving medicines, like
insulin for diabetes, and marque it much affordable for Valley families. I helped prevention Kern
Medical Center from closing its doors, helped make the archetypal Valley Fever institute successful California, secured captious backing for our crab center, and expanded wellness coverage.
I’ve worked hard to present much opportunities for students successful the Valley by delivering
funding to make a mobile welding program, summation the fig of nursing graduates
at our section college, and grow opportunities for students successful agrarian communities to
access college.
I’m excited to proceed this enactment successful Congress, wherever I’ll combat mundane to assistance working
people support much wealth from each paycheck successful their pocket."
Additional applicable information: This predetermination is astir protecting our freedoms and doing what’s close for Central Valley families. That’s what I’ll bash successful Congress. After 10 years successful Washington, the existent Congressman has forgotten Valley families and has signed onto an utmost agenda
that includes banning women’s entree to healthcare, blocking backing that would help
improve our h2o infrastructure, and voting to marque healthcare and lodging more
expensive. It’s clip for a change."
David Valadao
Age: 47
Hometown, spot of residence: Hanford
Representative for California’s 22nd Congressional District
Family: My household emigrated from the Azores Islands of Portugal to the United States successful 1969. After settling successful the Central Valley, my dada started a tiny dairy workplace successful 1973. I joined my precocious schoolhouse sweetheart, Terra, successful 1999. Together, we person 3 beauteous children.
Educational history: College of the Sequoias, attended; Hanford High School
Career history: Dairy farmer, with enactment roles wrong the California Milk Advisory Board, and Western States Dairy Trade Association. Elected Regional Leadership Council Chairman for Land O’ Lakes, Inc. State Assemblyman. Member of Congress
History of elected service, if any: Congressman 2013-2018, 2021-present; State Assemblyman 2010-2012.
Party registration: Republican, since I’ve been registered to vote.
Length of residence successful the district: Entire life.
Why you are moving for this office?: "As your Congressman, my fig 1 precedence is Valley families. I’ve heard from radical successful Hanford down to Bakersfield astir the crushing toll of inflation, and particularly the terms of gas. I was calved and raised successful the Valley arsenic the lad of migrant parents, and I recognize that without the information of nutrient connected the array and wealth to wage the bills, thing other matters. The lone mode to little costs for each time Californians is by rejecting extremes and gathering successful the mediate with communal consciousness solutions.
A lifelong farmer, each time I spot the captious request for cleanable and reliable water. I person reached crossed the aisle -- and ever volition -- to find solutions to summation the Valley’s h2o supply, marque vigor much affordable, guarantee our instrumentality enforcement are well-funded to support communities safe, and make good-paying jobs.
The Central Valley is my home. I recognize our community’s values and needs, and look galore of the aforesaid concerns arsenic my neighbors and friends. I person ever fought to bash what’s close for us, and we merit a person who volition enactment our needs up of their own. Valley residents simply privation an accidental to physique a amended beingness for their families, and I americium acceptable to bring strong, bipartisan, applicable enactment backmost to Congress. If you grant maine with your vote, my committedness to you is simple: I volition enactment tirelessly connected your behalf to amended your prime of beingness and ever enactment your needs first.
Political philosophy: I judge radical conscionable privation an accidental to supply a amended beingness for their household without the authorities getting successful the way. I’m a blimpish due to the fact that I judge successful a smaller authorities that’s accountable to the radical we serve.
The 22nd Congressional Debate takes spot Wednesday, Oct. 2, astatine 7 p.m.
