Democratic Club

by Mary Larson

LW contributor

LW Democrats and supporters are reminded that there will be no club meeting in December. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Mariann Klinger, who is the Seal Beach City Council District 5 candidate in the Jan. 31 runoff election, will be the featured speaker. The Democratic Club has endorsed Klinger in this election.

Only residents living west of St. Andrews Drive can vote in District 5. Nevertheless, the outcome of this runoff election should be of concern to everyone in the LW community. Every individual vote will be important. Whoever wins on Jan. 31 will be the only LW resident on the City Council.

This has been (and continues to be) a historic election in District 5 for Leisure World residents. It was the first time in which there were four candidates competing with one another in the November General Election. It is the first time for a need for a runoff between the two top vote-getters. It is the first time “concerned citizens” from outside Leisure World and even from outside Seal Beach threw their support into the LW District 5 election.

••• All Leisure World voters registered as Democrats will have the opportunity to elect 14 members to the party’s Calfornia governing body (the State Central Committee). Club President Mary Tromp is a candidate in this election. Both voter registration and actual voting will take place online. Registration closes on Dec. 31. Go to https://www.adem.cadem.org/candidates-results/ ad-72 for details or call 562-412-0898.

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