Dems: Sandra Fluke files for Henry Waxman seat bid

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48. 21 people have filed to run for this seat.

But there's no doubt this will be a very crowded June 3 primary. Some of the candidates already have held elected office in the area, including state Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) and former Los Angeles City Controller and Councilwoman Wendy Greuel, a Democrat. Also among the better-known candidates are spiritual teacher and bestselling author Marianne Williamson, an independent, and journalist and radio co-host Matt Miller, a Democrat.
The three other independents are TV producer/director Brent Roske, who was the first to formally declare his intention to run; lawyer Tom Fox and Charles Edward Lincoln III, who did not have a ballot designation.
The other Democrats who completed their paperwork are producer/entrepreneur/historian Vince Flaherty, businessman/entrepreneur James Graf and social worker/professor Kristie Holmes; also, human rights attorney Barbara Mulvaney, educational equality advocate Zein E. Obagi Jr., sports executive/filmmaker Michael Shapiro and Karl Siganporia, who did not have a ballot designation.

The 33rd Congressional District, which stretches from the Westside and Malibu through the Palos Verdes Peninsula, is strongly Democratic. But that hasn't stopped some Republicans from joining the race.

The GOP candidates are Deputy Dist. Atty. Elan Carr, a gang prosecutor; attorney/chief executive Lily Gilani; actor/director/producer Patrick Kilpatrick and Kevin Mottus, who did not have a ballot designation. Environmental technician Michael Ian Sachs is the one candidate from the Green Party. Libertarian Mark Matthew Herd, a Los Angeles neighborhood council member, also is running. Defense counsel/entrepreneuer David Kanuth initially filed as a Democrat, records show, but the candidate list provided by the county Wednesday evening indicated a blank after his party designation.

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