"The Democratic Party can make a dual endorsement if the Central Committee doesn't have a sufficiently high consensus for a sole endorsement," Bill James, chair of the Santa Clara County Democratic Party, told San José Spotlight.
In 2022, Gluesenkamp Perez's first win shocked the political world. A young mother, auto-shop owner and Latina from rural Skamania County with little political support managed to win an open seat.
"We cannot give up on any part of this country, including here in Florida. There's an opportunity right now because what we're seeing around the country is a huge backlash to what this administration is doing, the pain and the anguish that were inflicted upon the American people."
Converting these SSA employees' status is a deliberate maneuver to make it easier to get rid of critical SSA staff, endangering the program and the benefits earned by millions of Americans.