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Rep. Harman jumps to an early lead over challenger Winograd in Venice/South Bay district

By Jean Merl
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Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice) has jumped to an early lead over two-time challenger Marcy Winograd in the Venice/South Bay’s 36th Congressional District.

Early returns put Harman with about 65% of the vote to Winograd’s almost 35%. When Winograd, a teacher and peace activist, challenged Harman in 2006, she won nearly 38% of the vote.

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Winograd waged an aggressive campaign but Harman fought back with mailers and phone calls and stumped throughout the district.

-- 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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