Two Republicans Are Running Against Pelosi To ‘Clean Up Her District’

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been a sitting member of Congress since 1987. For the upcoming 2020 election, she’s facing opposition from both sides of the aisle for California’s 12th Congressional district, making this election the most difficult since she took office. California has a top-two primary system in which the top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election. Pelosi’s Democratic challengers include fellow Democrats Agatha Bacelar and Shahid Buttar. She’s also being challenged by a pair of Republican candidates, John Dennis and DeAnna Lorraine Tesoriero. The speaker’s Republican opponents both cite her push for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, plus the rampant homelessness and crime in her district, as vulnerabilities in her campaign for re-election. Both GOP candidates for California’s 12th Congressional district spoke with this reporter. JOHN DENNIS Dennis currently serves as Chairman of the San Francisco Republi...