Linda Sánchez was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. Linda is the first Latina to serve on the prestigious House Committee on Ways and Means where she works on tax, trade, retirement security, and healthcare issues. As a lifelong progressive Linda has devoted her life to helping working families, advancing our education system, and bringing jobs to the residents of Southern California. 

Linda was born in the City of Orange to immigrant parents from Mexico. Her father worked as an industrial mechanic and her mother was an elementary school teacher. From her parents, Linda learned dedication, gratitude, hard work, and commitment to community. She graduated from UC Berkeley and earned a law degree from UCLA. 

Before being elected to Congress, Linda worked as an attorney practicing appellate law, civil rights, and employment law. Linda worked for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 441 and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) as a compliance officer on public works and prevailing wage issues. Linda was elected executive director of the Orange County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO in 2000. 

Linda was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002, becoming the first woman IBEW member elected to Congress. She and her sister Loretta are the first women of any relation to serve together in Congress. 

In her free time, Linda enjoys playing baseball with her son, spending time with her two dogs Brooklyn and Scully, hiking, reading, and cheering on the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

Candidate Michael Tolar was born on February 19th, 1993 on the United States Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk Louisiana. Michael Tolar grew up in a military household. His father Jaime Tolar is a combat veteran who served in Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Michael Tolar's childhood was built around family, discipline and sports. Michael Tolar is the third child out of four brothers, Jonathan (30), James (28), and Christian (20). Just a few months after Michael was born, the Tolar family moved to South Gate California, where Michael Tolar spent most of his childhood. Michael Tolar's childhood showed him first-hand what poverty looks like and the effects it has on working class families. Jaime and Rebecca Tolar together worked multiple jobs to keep the household running, and sometimes even that wasn't enough. Michael Tolar recalls eating MRE's for dinner simply because that was the financial predicament that they were in. At a very young age, these realizations taught Michael Tolar to be resilient. These realizations are also the same realizations as to why Michael Tolar decided to run for Congress. Michael Tolar believes that no family in America should go to sleep hungry, and no family in America should be left behind.
            Michael Tolar graduated from Santa Fe Springs High School. After graduation, Michael Tolar entered the work force instead of going straight to college. Around this time, Michael Tolar experienced first-hand what it was like living paycheck to paycheck. Living on his own, Michael very quickly understood that living paycheck to paycheck was not an acceptable way to live. This pushed Michael Tolar to live, breathe, and sleep politics. Since then Michael Tolar has become a political activist where he spent majority of his time educating himself on the issues that we Americans face on a daily, monthly, and yearly basis. Michael Tolar enrolled at Rio Hondo Community College at the age of 24 where he began his Political Science degree. Michael Tolar is set to graduate in May of 2020. Upon deciding to run for Congress, Michael Tolar had much inspiration from newly elected members of Congress who have shown that age and status are not and should not be the determiner of who can run for office. Michael Tolar believes that politics and elected members should not be measured by the amount of experience they have, their status, their race or age. But instead, Michael Tolar believes that elected members should be measured on their passion, their drive, and their want to help the people of their district live a quality life. Nonetheless, this is why Michael Tolar is committed to challenging the status quo. Michael Tolar is committed to fighting for the everyday people who have hopes, who have dreams, and the passion to get up, and do whatever it takes to make this country a better place for all families not just some. 

I am a Progressive Democrat meaning that my values resignate more on the left, and I am a progressive because I want to see progress in my district no matter Democrat or Republican legislation if it helps the people in my district I will support it. I support medicare for all because it is a human right. Nobody asked to be born and nobody asks to get sick. We will ultimately save money. We need to create tax cuts for the middle working class, and getting something in return for paying taxes needs to be a must. We are currently paying more in taxes as we speak to pay for the Presidents Tax Plan for the wealthy Americans in this country. What I mean by wealthy is having over ten million dollars in your personal bank account. With that being said, creating a tax plan that will help "us" the middle class pay taxes that actually help the majority of Americans instead of the minority (the top 1%).

I WANT MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! I am running a grassroots people powered campaign and will not accept any PAC money. I will only accept individual donations from voters.