Waxman, Muratsuchi visit South Bay voters in Hermosa Beach
Congressman Henry Waxman and State Assembly candidate Al Muratsuchi visit South Bay voters in Hermosa Beach. Photo by Alene Tchekmedyian About 70 people gathered in Hermosa Beach on Wednesday for a Beach Cities Democratic Club meet-and-greet with Congressman Henry Waxman and State Assembly candidate Al Muratsuchi. Waxman, 37-year veteran in Congress, faces Manhattan Beach businessman and Independent Bill Bloomfield in the 33rd District congressional race. Forty-four percent of the newly drawn district’s voters are registered Democrats, while 28 percent are registered Republicans, according to the California Secretary of State’s office. State prosecutor and Torrance School Board member Muratsuchi faces Republican businessman Craig Huey in the 66th District State Assembly race, where voter party registration is split nearly down the middle, with 38 percent of voters registered as Democrats and 35 percent as Republicans. Waxman is new to the South Bay, but within a minute of his address steered his comments toward the region’s issues. “The lynchpin of the aerospace industry and the air force base is very clear to me,” he told the crowd. “If there’s ever a chance that anybody’s going…
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