[Note: This letter first appeared in the Davis Enterprise online on Apr 6 and in print on Apr 12]
Davisites, let’s throw our support behind Katie Porter for CA Governor — now, when we can really make a difference.
California has a “top two” primary, meaning that the top two candidates from the June election will be the candidates we vote on in November. Right now, there are so many Democrats in the race that there is a serious risk of splitting the vote so badly that we will end up having a choice between two Republicans.
We cannot let this happen. Thus far most candidates, even those with low polling numbers, won’t drop out. So we have to coalesce around one of the Democrats.
I urge that we coalesce around Katie Porter.
Porter is most known for her fiery whiteboard talks, holding corporate CEOs accountable, especially with regard to health care and big pharma. As a US congressperson, she passed laws that reined in the greed of the health care industry.
She has a strong environmental record and will fight to expand clean energy and defend our clean air laws. She has pledged to protect our wildlands, open spaces, and oceans.
She will work for federal funding for housing and to foster CA businesses.
She has been endorsed by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, the Orange County Employees Association, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and California’s Amalgamated Transit Union.
Porter will bring the fight that we need in these difficult political times. Please write a letter or send a donation now to register your support.
Roberta Millstein
Davisite 
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