Leno scores Speier endorsement in race for state Senate
By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter
State Senate candidate Mark Leno: File PhotoState Senate candidate Mark Leno has won the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier.
“Mark is a class act, stands on principal and never ducks a vote,” said Speier. "Mark has proven to be an uncompromising progressive voice in Sacramento, and I'm proud to endorse Mark Leno for State Senate."
Leno, a San Francisco state Assemblyman who is facing term limits, is challenging incumbent Senator Carole Migden in a June 3 Democratic primary. Also running in the primary is Joe Nation, a former Assemblyman from Marin. The seat encompasses parts of San Francisco and Sonoma counties and all of Marin County.
Speier won an April special election for the San Mateo-area seat of former U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, who died earlier this year.
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