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Assembly Speaker Karen Bass plans L.A. news conference on her ‘political future,’ aide says

By Jean Merl
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Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) is planning to hold a news conference Wednesday in Los Angeles to discuss her ‘political future,’ an aide confirmed Tuesday.

Bass is widely expected to seek the 33rd Congressional District seat held by Rep. Diane Watson (D-Los Angeles). Watson, 76, announced last week she will not seek reelection this year.

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[Updated: 5:05 p.m.] Bass’s office confirmed Tuesday afternoon that Watson would attend the news conference.

Many insiders expect Bass will get Watson’s endorsement, but Bass spokeswoman Shannon Murphy would say only that the speaker, who must leave the Assembly this year because of term limits, will discuss her plans at a 10 a.m. news conference at her Mid-Wilshire office, and that a number of community leaders will attend.

-- Jean Merl

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Jean Merl

Jean Merl, a hopeless news junkie, covered regional politics for the Los Angeles Times until 2015. She was raised in southern Ohio but moved with her family to Los Angeles at a tender age, which practically makes her a California native. She holds a master’s degree from UCLA and remembers when Otis Chandler was publisher of The Times and Tom Bradley was mayor of L.A.

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