2ND DEMOCRAT AIMS TO CHALLENGE GALLEGLY FOR SEAT IN CONGRESS.Byline: Daily News A little-known newcomer, saying he wants to improve schools and help enact federal hate crime legislation, has waged a successful last-minute effort to seek the Democratic nomination in the 23rd Congressional District Noun 1. congressional district - a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes . Albert Maxwell Goldberg, 41, of Ventura said he expects to draw support from minorities and women of all political parties, as well as Democrats, if he wins the nomination to run against the incumbent, Rep. Elton Gallegly Elton W. Gallegly (born March 7 1944), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, currently representing the 24th District of California (map). , R-Oxnard. Goldberg said he decided to enter the race a day before the Dec. 10 deadline, a day before the Dec. 10 deadline. By Friday, he had secured the 40 signatures of registered voters necessary to qualify him for the March 7 primary, Ventura County elections officials said. ``Why am I running? Two main reasons. . . . I want to fix the education system. . . . I want to pursue the national hate crime law,'' said Goldberg, a real estate broker and father of a school-age son. ``I come from a long line of family who are Democrats.'' Goldberg will go up against Ventura attorney Michael Case, president of the Ventura County Bar Association, for the Democratic nod in the race against Gallegly. Also running are physician and author Cary Savitch of the Reform Party, Libertarian Party The Libertarian party was founded in Colorado in 1971 and held its first convention in Denver in 1972. In 1972 it fielded John Hospers for president and Theodora Nathan for vice president in the U.S. general election. candidate and electronic engineer Roger Peebles and Stephen P. Hospodar Hos´po`dar` n. 1. A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Rumania. , a Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. businessman running on the Natural Law Party ticket. The district includes most of Ventura County, except for parts of the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. area, and stretches into Santa Barbara County. Gallegly has represented the area for more than a decade and is seeking an eighth term. He did not return phone calls. |
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