National Group Involvement in San Diego Mayor's Race

We talked briefly about the mayor's race in San Diego, and this article explains how the race exemplifies the nationalization of local politics that we talked about in class yesterday. Washington-based labor organizations have spent more than $1.2 million supporting Democrat David Alvarez, and Working Families for a Better San Diego, a group funded by the AFL-CIO and AFSCME, has spent an additional $3.6 million for the Democrat. DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other national Democratic figures have gotten involved as well.