CA-40: Democrat Allyson Damikolas announces run against Republican Young Kim
Allyson Damikolas, who serves as a trustee on the Tustin Unified School District, announced Wednesday she’d campaign as a Democrat in next year’s top-two primary against Republican Rep. Young Kim. Biden carried this constituency in eastern Orange County 50-48, but it’s remained friendly to Republicans like Kim down the ballot. Damikolas is the first notable candidate to challenge Kim this cycle, though retired Orange County Fire Capt. Joe Kerr filed FEC paperwork weeks ago.
Conservatives last year tried to recall Damikolas and two of her colleagues for ostensibly promoting critical race theory. Damikolas responded, “The racial subtext seemed obvious given that I’m only the second school board member of Hispanic heritage elected to the Tustin school board in our 50-year history.” While the head of the county GOP issued an apocalyptic warning that a failed recall “will only embolden the uber-left,” no one turned in signatures to force a vote against any of the three members.
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