8 months to the 2022 California Primary: Here are 10 progressive candidates to watch! While district lines are likely to change with redistricting, it's interesting to see three geographic clusters - inland California, the Southeast Bay, and LA County. 
Let's start with the Southeast Bay. Stretching from downtown San Jose up through South and East Alameda County and home to many immigrant communities, this is one of California's fastest changing, fastest growing, and most politically exciting places.
.@alex_lee won the Assembly election in 2020 in an open primary and wrote bills this year on online public participation in public meetings, social housing, and protecting tenants. He's running in 2022 to defend the seat from a challenge from the center.
votealexlee.com
votealexlee.com
Lots of state legislators are termed out this year. Hayward councilmember @aishabbwahab - known for working on tenants rights, police accountability, & helping Afghan refugees - is running for the open State Senate seat that goes from Hayward to Fremont. aishawahab.com
The 20th Assembly District, which includes Hayward, Union City, parts of Fremont and some unincorporated areas, faced a strong challenge from @EastBayAlexis in 2020. This year Alexis has endorsed Jennifer @Esteen4CA. With redistricting, this year's election could be close.
Most of California's remaining Republican congress members are from the vast districts on the eastern half of the state. With redistricting weakening the advantage of incumbents this year, it's the perfect time for Democrats to flip some seats.
Speaking of redistricting - the process is close to wrapping up, with the independent commission meeting to draw the first draft of maps in October. There's still time to comment at wedrawthelinesca.org/participate
California's 21st congressional district spans the heart of the Central Valley. Dems flipped this seat by the narrowest of margins in 2018, only to lose it again in 2020 by a similar margin. Delano City Councilmember @BryanOsorio2022 is running to win it back.
Elected to the Delano city council as one of a team of young leaders, Bryan Osorio showed that Central Valley cities can also pass progressive policies such as emergency tenant protections, utility bill relief, and celebrating Pride Month.
osorioforcongress.com
osorioforcongress.com
California's 8th congressional district is the geographically largest in the state, covering almost everything east of the Sierras. While Republicans had a 10-point lead in 2020, the district is changing fast - before then, Dems couldn't even make it into the Top 2.
This year's Democratic challenger for Congressional District 8 is @DerekMarshallCA, who's running on a platform that includes Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. As with other elections, redistricting will make this seat easier to flip to blue. derekmarshallca.com
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