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I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election.

I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.

I have decided not to run for the U.S. Senate and instead continue my efforts to make California a better place to live, work, and raise a family. We have come a long way, but our work is not done, and neither am I.

I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.

After a great deal of thought and discussions with my family, I have decided not to seek re-election in 2014. Politics shouldn't be a career, and I never intended to make it one.

I am running for re-election no matter who runs.

You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.