{"id":19468,"date":"2019-10-15T10:48:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T17:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19468"},"modified":"2019-10-15T10:48:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T17:48:18","slug":"state-building-trades-give-potent-endorsement-to-newman-in-senate-rematch-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19468","title":{"rendered":"STATE BUILDING TRADES GIVE POTENT ENDORSEMENT TO NEWMAN IN SENATE REMATCH BID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Josh Newman Backed by State Building and Construction Trades Council of California in SD-29 Contest<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ORANGE COUNTY, CA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; In the latest reflection of his outstanding track record fighting for working class families, today U.S. Army veteran, businessman, and former State Senator Josh Newman garnered a critical endorsement from the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California in his rematch race for Senate District 29.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released with the announced endorsement, Cesar Diaz, Legislative and Political Director\u00a0of the State Building &amp; Construction Trades Council of California, remarked:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State Building and Construction Trades Council of California is proud to support Josh Newman in his campaign for State Senate. Josh Newman\u2019s independent voice and no-nonsense approach to leadership has delivered good jobs, good pay and a growing California economy. We need him in Sacramento to fight for us, and our families. From promoting our state-of-the-art apprenticeship programs to protecting the retirement savings that we\u2019ve earned, Josh has a record of getting things done for the men and women in the trades. We look forward to continuing to work with Josh as an active partner in ensuring that our diverse California workforce will continue to thrive in construction careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Newman secured unanimous backing from grassroots delegates at the California Democratic Party\u2019s Pre-Endorsement Conference, capturing all 66 eligible votes from the 29th Senate District Caucus. \u00a0The unanimous vote ensures that Newman\u2019s name will be placed on the consent calendar at the upcoming California Democratic Convention for the party&#8217;s official endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Newman&#8217;s campaign released a new digital video ad titled \u201cBetter Senator,\u201d which highlights his independent, common-sense agenda and features the campaign\u2019s branded ice cream truck, where voters can talk about important issues with the former Senator and his team, while enjoying a complimentary &#8220;Better Senator&#8221; ice cream sandwich. To find out more about upcoming destinations for the &#8220;Better Senator,&#8221; follow @BetterSenatorCA on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jacobsonzilber.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c&amp;id=543fb9e2b8&amp;e=eeb0aebedc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/jacobsonzilber.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c%26id%3D543fb9e2b8%26e%3Deeb0aebedc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571244779861000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBKy6jWEyAH4qfwFI8KZ3kV0tlgA\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jacobsonzilber.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c&amp;id=2bdad583e2&amp;e=eeb0aebedc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/jacobsonzilber.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c%26id%3D2bdad583e2%26e%3Deeb0aebedc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571244779861000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEwZImnOovkyGdBTthaifoYUY3cew\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0or visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jacobsonzilber.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c&amp;id=0f8e8d131e&amp;e=eeb0aebedc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/jacobsonzilber.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c%26id%3D0f8e8d131e%26e%3Deeb0aebedc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571244779861000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF1-vn46gbQxkxiCP5FIy5MNq9sdA\">BetterSenator.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Newman Backed by State Building&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19469,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19468\/revisions\/19469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}