Jimmy Gomez Quotes
If Dems don't stick together, we're going to lose.
Bowman, Bridget. "California Democrats Look for Unity in Special Election." Roll Call, 4 Apr. 2017.
Carter philosophically did not see his role as the head of his party anywhere near as important as his Presidential role. At the same time, Carter had forged Congressional majority support from a coalition of conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans. However, that alienated him even more from the liberal Democrats who even fielded Ted Kennedy as a primary candidate against him. Carter won the nomination but lost many of his own party for the general election and he lost to Ronald Reagan.
Democratic Speaker of the Oklahoma House Jim Barker was so heavy-handed that his own party members combined to unseat him:
While all the traditional Democratic interest groups supported Mondale, the average voters were not so enthusiastic. The Democrats lost 49 states to Ronald Reagan. The interest groups in the base of each party can help increase the turnout for a candidate or sit on their hands and suppress it. But if the individual voters are not generally enthused for a candidate, the interest groups cannot deliver a win in a presidential election.
Jimmy C. Gomez is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 34th congressional district since 2017. The district is anchored in eastern Los Angeles, including downtown. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the California State Assembly from 2012 to 2017. On June 6, 2017, he won a special election to replace Xavier Becerra in Congress, after Becerra resigned to become Attorney General of California. On July 11, 2017, Gomez was officially sworn in. He was reelected in 2018 and in 2020.