Los Angeles County voters in deep-blue districts elected three new Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. The Associated Press called three congressional races in favor of Luz Rivas in the San Fernando Valley, Laura Friedman in central Los Angeles and Gil Cisneros in the San Gabriel Valley. The safely Democratic district includes the city of San Fernando …
Assemblymember Luz Rivas said she would run for Congress, entering what could become a crowded race to replace Tony Cárdenas as the San Fernando Valley-based 29th District’s representative. Rivas, 49, said she had tired of the “constant state of dysfunction” the Republican Party has seemed trapped in since the October ouster of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. “Residents …