Voters Defeat 'Green New Deal' Advocate in Los Ang
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Posted On: 08/15/2019 1:32:06 PM
Voters Defeat 'Green New Deal' Advocate in Los Angeles City Council Race
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/...ncil-race/
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Republican John Lee defeated Democrat Loraine Lundquist on Tuesday in a special election for a vacant northwest San Fernando Valley seat on the Los Angeles City Council in which the Democrat backed L.A.’s version of the “Green New Deal.”
Lundquist, an academic, supported L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s plan to shutter three natural gas power plants and replace them with wind and solar power, though officials said that would be insufficient for the city’s needs.
Lee, a former City Hall staffer, attacked the Green New Deal and received support from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 18. The IBEW, which is the largest union representing Department of Public Works employees, typically backs Democrats. However, worries about job losses due to the Green New Deal spurred the union to back the Republican in a relatively conservative area Democrats hoped to flip
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/...ncil-race/
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