Re-elect Sharon Quirk-Silva to represent the 65th Assembly District

California Democrats have an overwhelming majority in the Assembly, controlling 61 of its 80 seats. They have the ability to bulldoze Republicans even on tax-raising issues that require a supermajority vote. That increases the importance of the informal group known as the “Mod Squad” – centrist Democrats who sometimes stand up to the party’s progressive leaders.
Over the years, we’ve noticed two distinct types of legislative Democratic moderates. Some, basically, ar