Bera for Congress
President Barack Obama’s 2nd Inauguration on January 21, will include the Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony, Inaugural Address, Inaugural Parade and numerous inaugural balls and galas. A limited number of tickets to official inauguration events will be available through Congressman-elect Bera’s office.
Bera for Congress
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Allison Teixeira
press@beraforcongress.com
November 15th, 2012
916-544-3273
ELK GROVE, CA - This afternoon, the Associated Press reported that Dr. Ami Bera has defeated Congressman Lungren in the race for California’s 7th Congressional seat. The article is available here.
Dr. Bera offered the following comment:
“It will be an honor to serve Sacramento County in Congress,” said Dr. Bera. “Now is the time to find common ground and move forward to rebuild an economy that works for the middle class. Congressman Lungren deserves our appreciation for his long record of public service.”
Bera for Congress
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Allison Teixeira
press@beraforcongress.com
November 15th, 2012
916-544-3273
ELK GROVE, CA - This afternoon, the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters announced that Dr. Ami Bera increased his lead against Dan Lungren in the race for California’s 7th Congressional seat. Bera is now ahead by 2.2% and leads by 5,696 votes. Bera's lead has widened with each new count.
Dr. Bera offered the following comment:
“It's increasingly clear that the voters of Sacramento County want new leadership that puts the people first. Our lead continues to widen and we are confident that this election will be resolved in our favor. The people at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters have exemplified fairness and transparency throughout this process.”
Bera for Congress
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Allison Teixeira
press@beraforcongress.com
November 13th, 2012
916-544-3273
ELK GROVE, CA - This afternoon, the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters announced that Dr. Ami Bera increased his lead against Dan Lungren in the race for California’s 7th Congressional seat to 3,824 votes. Bera is now ahead by more than 1.5 percent and has more than doubled his previous lead.
Dr. Bera offered the following comment:
“There are still ballots remaining, but we are confident that Sacramento County voted for new leadership that will put the people first. The dedicated citizens at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters are working hard to deliver a timely and accurate result.”
Bera for Congress
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Allison Teixeira
press@beraforcongress.com
November 9th, 2012
916-544-3273
ELK GROVE, CA - This afternoon, the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters announced that Dr. Ami Bera increased his lead against Dan Lungren in the race for California’s 7th Congressional seat. Bera now leads by nearly a percentage point and is 1,779 votes ahead.
Dr. Bera offered the following comment:
“This is still a close race, but we remain confident that the voters of Sacramento County voted for new leadership that puts the people first. The Sacramento County Registrar’s Office staff are working diligently and are committed to the integrity of our elections.”
Bera for Congress
For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Allison Teixeira
press@beraforcongress.com
November 7th, 2012
916-544-3273
ELK GROVE, CA - Early this morning, the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters announced that the Bera-Lungren Congressional race was too close to call. Dr. Bera leads Congressman Lungren by 184 votes, although there are absentee and provisional ballots that still need to be counted.
Dr. Ami Bera offered the following comments:
“Although we do not know our race’s final results, we feel confident going into the next several days,” said Dr. Bera. “The Sacramento County Registrar of Voters is doing an incredible job with the difficult task of counting tens of thousands of provisional and absentee ballots. The top priority right now is to make sure that every vote is fairly counted.”
Bera for Congress
To report any irregularities at the polls, do not hesitate to contact our Election Protection team at 916-800-2571. Potential problems include long lines, language access, vote challengers, registration issues, and polling place confusion. It's your right to vote, nobody should be turned away.
To help us Get Out The Vote, call our campaign headquarters at 916-670-1864. We need all hands on deck for this final sprint!
After the polls close at 8:00 pm, join us at our Election Night party at the Carmichael Elks Lodge, 5631 Cypress Ave, Carmichael, CA 95608.
Bera for Congress
ELK GROVE, CA - On Tuesday, November 6, the Bera for Congress campaign will host an election night party for campaign volunteers and supporters at the Elks Lodge in Carmichael.
WHAT: Election Night Party
WHO: Dr. Ami Bera, Dr. Janine Bera, and Bera campaign supporters
WHEN: 8 pm, Tuesday, November 6
WHERE: Elks Lodge, 5631 Cypress Avenue, Carmichael, CA 95608
The Sacramento Bee
Democratic congressional candidate Ami Bera is making women's reproductive health issues central to his closing argument in the 7th Congressional District.
With one week to go until Election Day, the Elk Grove Democrat brought in activist Sandra Fluke to speak to supporters and launched a new television spot attacking GOP Rep. Dan Lungren on abortion.
Bera framed the issue as a personal one when speaking to supporters at his Elk Grove campaign office on Tuesday, citing his experiences as a doctor and a father to a teenage girl. He also slammed the Republican-controlled Congress for "rolling back" access to contraception and abortion while the economy is in rough shape, calling such actions the "greatest travesty."
"This is an issue of an infringement on our individual liberties. They are encroaching on our individual freedoms, and that is a fight worth having," he said.
Elk Grove Citizen
Over the past few years, the recession has hit Elk Grove hard.
Housing prices have dropped dramatically, storefronts and offices are vacant, and people are out of work. We’re still recovering from the worst economic disaster in generations, and we should be moving forward. Instead, a dysfunctional Congress threatens to take us further back. Rather than working together, getting our budget under control, and investing in our future, career politicians are wasting their time and our money playing political games.
Congress hasn’t passed a budget in more than 1,300 days, and they’ve missed deadline after deadline on other bills necessary for a functional economy. Politicians’ unwillingness to compromise has threatened to shutdown the government and leave members of the military serving their country overseas without a paycheck. That is a travesty.
The Hill
California's 7th District: Ami Bera (D) vs Dan Lungren (R)
The district is new but the candidates are not: Rep. Dan Lungren (R) and Democrat Ami Bera faced off in 2010, with Lungren beating his rival 51 percent to 43 percent.
California’s complicated redistricting process drew the new lines for the 7th district, which contains much of Sacramento area.
Lungren found himself taken from his GOP-leaning seat and put into this Dem-leaning district, with much of his rural Republican base gone.
KTXL FOX40
Dr. Bera sat down with Paul Robins and Bethany Crouch for an interview on FOX40's morning news on October 16th.
Bera for Congress
President Bill Clinton recently endorsed Dr. Ami Bera for Congress at a rally on the University of California Davis campus attended by thousands of supporters. Clinton said: "You’ve got Dr. Bera, a product of the American dream, a guy who gets into medicine to help other people… a man who believes poor people deserve the same health care that the rest of us get, and believes there are plenty of people who need health care, so medical professionals should worry about giving it to them, rather than controlling women’s choices."
Elk Grove Citizen
My wife, Janine and I have lived in Elk Grove since 1995. It’s where we have raised our daughter, and it is where we planted roots. This is home.
We chose to move to Elk Grove because of the strong sense of community, the outstanding schools, and the vibrancy and vision of the people here.
In the last 17 years, we have seen the community grow around us, the city incorporate, and the housing boom that made us one of the fastest-growing communities in the nation. But we have also seen our share of struggles.
The Sacramento Bee
On October 6th, The Sacramento Bee reported that President Bill Clinton will endorse Dr. Ami Bera alongside fellow candidate Jose Hernandez and Reps. John Garamendi and Jerry McNerney at UC Davis on Tuesday October 9th.
The rally will be at the Southwest Corner of the UC Davis Quad, West Quad Ave. and Peter J. Shields Ave. Doors open at 10 am, Program starts at 10:30 am. You can find the event on Facebook.
The Sacramento Bee
The National Republican Congressional Committee and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have released new television ads attacking Ami Bera, the Democrat challenging Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Gold River, in the 7th Congressional District. Both ads emphasize a provision of the federal health care overhaul involving Medicare. Here is the text of the NRCC ad and an analysis by Torey Van Oot of The Bee Capitol Bureau.
The Sacramento Bee
Bera has several qualities that would make him an able representative.
He has obvious expertise in health care, having worked as a UC Davis medical professor and dean of admissions. In the House, he could help California implement reform and help Sacramento County with its dearth of medical clinics.
Compared with Lungren, Bera also exudes more compassion for the plight of the middle class. He says he'd work to end tax policies and subsidies that have widened the gap between the ultra-rich and everyone else. We also think Bera would be a better "listener" than Lungren. He certainly would be a stronger environmental advocate. He'd take seriously the threat of climate change and vote against bills that allow coal and oil companies to further damage the atmosphere. On abortion, he'd be a strong defender of a woman's right to choose.
Bera for Congress
During a debate at News10 on September 25th, Dr. Bera laid out his vision to rebuild the middle class and restore the American Dream. Congressman Lungren reaffirmed his radical views, making it clear that Sacramento County needs new leadership. Watch the highlights here and read the coverage below:
National Journal
ELK GROVE, Calif.—It was only the morning after Democrat Ami Bera lost his bid to unseat Republican Rep. Dan Lungren two years ago when he began talking with his wife about running again.
Bera’s ultimate decision to make another bid set up one of the nation’s most hotly contested House rematches. Trying to fend off Bera this time around, Lungren stands as the most endangered House chairman (he leads the Administration Committee).
The contest is a magnet for outside cash. The Sacramento media market, which includes up to four potentially competitive House races, is saturated with $10 million in ad reservations by the national parties and various super PACs through Election Day.
The race pits a GOP stalwart of California politics, who has spent a combined quarter-century in Congress and as state attorney general, against a 47-year-old physician, a Democrat who has never held elective office but has proven himself a fundraising phenom. Since the start of 2011, Bera has raised nearly $2 million to Lungren’s $1.7 million, according to the most recent Federal Election Commission reports, dated June 30. That, combined with a redrawn 3rd Congressional District almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, has analysts describing the race as a pure toss-up.
The Sacramento Bee
Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Gold River, and Elk Grove Democrat Ami Bera have agreed to debate later this month.
The Sept. 25 debate, sponsored by The Sacramento Bee, News10 and Capital Public Radio, is the first for the 7th Congressional District rivals, who also went head to head on the 2010 ballot.
The debate, to be held at News10's Sacramento studios, will stream live on www.sacbee.com and the other sponsors' sites at 3 p.m. on Sept. 25. It will air the following day on News10 and Capital Public Radio. News10 Political Editor John Myers, Bee Capitol Bureau Chief Dan Smith and Capital Public Radio senior reporter Marianne Russ will serve as panelists for the debate, which will include reader-submitted queries and questions posed by the candidates themselves.
A close registration split in the eastern Sacramento County district and the expectation of heavy spending by both candidates and outside groups has made it one of the most competitive and closely watched congressional contests in the country this year.
