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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 
March 20, 2019
CONTACT: Katie Merrill
                   (510) 508-0572

State Senate District 13 Candidates Commit to Mike Brownrigg’s Clean Campaign Pledge

All candidates in the race for the Peninsula-based Senate seat have agreed to run positive, truthful primary campaigns by taking lead from Brownrigg's Pledge

 
Burlingame, California – Today, state senate candidate Mike Brownrigg, a two-time Mayor and current City Council Member from Burlingame, announced unanimous support among State Senate District 13 candidates for his Clean Campaign Pledge.

By signing, Josh Becker, Sally Lieber, Shelly Masur, Anne Oliva and Brownrigg have pledged to run positive and truthful campaigns leading up to the March 2020 primary election. Future candidates will also be asked to sign Brownrigg's pledge.

“I’m pleased that my colleagues have joined me in the Clean Campaign Pledge,” said Brownrigg. “The voters of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties expect -- and deserve -- more from us as candidates than anonymous personal attacks and dirty politics. This pledge is about respecting voters and giving them the opportunity to choose their candidate based on facts and the positive, solution-based platforms of each candidate. It is important to restore civility in politics and it can start right here, right now.”

Brownrigg’s Clean Campaign Pledge commits candidates to running positive campaigns and refraining from engaging in personal attacks or smears against opponents, and to condemn these efforts launched by associated consultants, staff, surrogates, or supporters. It also calls for differences among candidates on policies, platform, or positions to be identified in a way that is factually supported, not distorted, and done openly, not clandestinely or behind another candidate’s back or behind closed doors.

Brownrigg’s campaign is armed with a growing list of endorsements from prominent local elected officials, including San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa, South San Francisco City Council Members Mark Addiego and Rich Garbarino, Belmont City Council Member Doug Kim, Hillsborough Council Members Jay Benton and Marie Chuang, San Carlos Council Mayor Mark Olbert, Burlingame Mayor Donna Colson and Vice Mayor Emily Beach, Burlingame Council Members Ann Keighran and Ricardo Ortiz, San Bruno Council Member Laura Davis, Half Moon Bay Mayor Deborah Penrose, former County Supervisor John Ward and former Foster City Mayor Charles Bronitsky, along with dozens of other leaders from every corner of the district.

Brownrigg is one of the top fundraisers in the race of five candidates. His campaign ended the financial reporting period with a total of $195,811 in contributions.

He is running a grassroots campaign, hosting house parties across the district, with a goal of hosting 100 house parties before the March 3 primary election.

Brownrigg is a 9-year Burlingame City Council Member and two-term Mayor, and served 8 years on the Planning Commission. Under his leadership, Burlingame expanded child and senior care, added more affordable housing and opened new parks and schools. Prior to elected office, Brownrigg worked as a congressional aide for Democratic U.S. Rep. Howard Berman and served President Clinton and two other administrations as a diplomat in the Foreign Service. Professionally, Brownrigg is a partner in a social impact investment firm that’s helping improve underserved communities around the world. He and his wife, Marty, a pediatrician, live in Burlingame where they are raising their four children.

Brownrigg was born and raised in the district, and his campaign seeks to address the affordability crisis affecting Bay Area families and work with Governor Newsom to increase all housing options, expand education and 4-year public institutions within district limits, develop a universal healthcare system, and continue California’s leadership on climate change and clean energy.

For more information on Brownrigg for State Senate, please visit VoteBrownrigg.com.  

Paid for by Brownrigg for State Senate 2020 #1411438.


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