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Carlos Antonio Delgado, 41-year-old, is one of the fresh faces and viewpoints who hope to shake up the “system of entrenched establishment politicians“, as the Republican candidate for the U.S. House from California’s 40th District says. “I hope to unseat one of the most long-running dynasties in the nation“, Delgado wishes.
He’s running against Lucille Roybal-Allard, who has been the representative for the 40th District and its area since 1993, “after inheriting the seat from her father Edward Roybal, who was in power for 30 years before that“, Antonio said.
“The district has become the modern equivalent of a personal kingdom” – one that Delgado says has long outlasted its usefulness.
“My opponent has been part of 60 years of one-family rule. I don’t think our founding fathers intended for our democracy to be held in one family like that,” says Delgado. “My opponent has, because of lack of competition, neglected her people in her district. She really has no incentive to provide anything for them”.
“Whatever she was gonna do, her legacy’s already made. What can she possibly do in the next two years that she couldn’t do already in the past three decades?” asks Delgado. “Absolutely nothing. And here I am with a passionate fire, and motivated to make this place, the 40th district, prosperous.”
Proposals
He immigrated with his family from El Salvador as a young child, and not only became the first person in his family to graduate high school, but also went on to finish law school and become an immigration attorney with seven offices – with five in SoCal and additional locations in Las Vegas and Houston.
Antonio claims that combination of experiences makes him a perfect candidate for our times: “I´m a self-made man who shows that the American Dream is alive and well and ready for the taking“.
Delgado also thinks that he´s a man with vast experience in courtrooms shows that he can be a “unifying force for smart progress in the often-contentious battles over immigration reform“.
One other arena in which Delgado hopes to lead dramatic change is in the education system.
“I believe that parents, from what I’ve noticed talking to people out in the street, want to take control of their lives again,” explains Delgado.
“If there was competition in education, where parents get a voucher to take to a school of their choice and whatever money isn’t spent on the school of their choice is carried over to their college fund, it would benefit not just the schools because it would make them competitive in order to be prosperous. I’m 100 percent behind parent choice, that’s what I’m calling it because that’s what school choice essentially is“, concludes.
California’s 40th congressional district includes Downey, East Los Angeles, Bell Gardens, Maywood, Bell, Commerce, Paramount, Bellflower, Cudahy, Huntington Park and the neighborhoods of Florence, Florence-Graham, Historic South Central and South Park, in South Los Angeles. It is the most Latino district in the nation, at 86.5%.
To learn more about C. Antonio Delgado and to donate to his campaign, visit www.cantoniodelgado.com.
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