RIORDAN BACKS GOP CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR.Byline: Claire Vitucci Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The leader of the nation's second-largest city endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Lungren Daniel Edward (Dan) Lungren (born September 22, 1946), is a Republican of the United States House of Representatives representing California's 3rd congressional district (see map), located in the suburbs of Sacramento where he has served since 2005. on Saturday, citing his campaign priorities to fight crime and improve California schools. ``I'm proud to stand here to endorse Dan Lungren as the next governor of California The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government, whose responsibilities include making yearly "State of the State" addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced. ,'' said Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. , prompting claps and cheers from dozens of people at the Hollenbeck Youth Center in Boyle Heights, one of Los Angeles' toughest neighborhoods. Riordan, a Republican, lauded Lungren's promotion of anti-gang programs, with crime in the state reaching its lowest rate in more than three decades during the state attorney general's time in office. ``Dan has led the fight against crime throughout his career,'' Riordan said. Riordan and Lungren met on the basketball court of the Hollenbeck Youth Center, where the mayor shot a few baskets. They also toured the computer lab, shook hands with elderly women and young children, and gamely flexed their muscles under a larger-than-life painting of Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] in the center's weight room. Lungren said Riordan's endorsement helps him politically and said he admires the mayor for his willingness to ``shake up the establishment'' in education - a step Lungren has said is needed to improve California schools. Following a get-out-the-vote rally in downtown San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden on Saturday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gray Davis said he was not surprised Riordan had pledged his support to Lungren. ``He's a Republican. Dan Lungren's a Republican. I think you'll find most of the Republicans supporting him and most of the Democrats supporting me,'' Davis said. Riordan insisted Lungren's political affiliation isn't what earned his endorsement. He pointed out his political backing earlier this week of Assemblyman Robert Hertzberg Robert Myles Hertzberg was born on November 19, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, was an attorney and businessperson, and served in the California State Assembly from 1996-2002. , D-Van Nuys, who is running for re-election in November. Davis urged supporters not to let up in the campaign's final month despite polls that show him ahead of Lungren. |
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