FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1, 2015
Brea, Calif. – Brett Murdock, a lifelong Orange County resident, attorney, professor, small business owner, and former Brea City Councilmember and Mayor, today announced his candidacy for California’s 39th Congressional District. The seat is currently held by Congressman Ed Royce.
“I am running for Congress to empower middle class families, help local businesses succeed, and fight against the reckless policies of Washington politicians,” said Murdock. “Like many folks in our community, I have supported Congressman Royce in the past. But I can no longer stand by and allow Washington extremists like Royce to put politics before people. Working families deserve a representative that will stand up for them, find common ground, and move our country forward.”
California’s 39th Congressional District, which includes portions of Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino Counties, is one of the best pickup opportunities in the state for Democrats. By registration, Republicans outnumber Democrats by only six percent. President Barack Obama nearly carried the seat in 2012, as did Senator Dianne Feinstein.
Murdock is a lifelong Orange County resident and twenty-year small business owner. He teaches American Government at Cal State Fullerton. He was elected to the Brea City Council in 2010, and served as Mayor in 2014. In these roles, Murdock worked with leaders from both parties to keep local neighborhoods safe and improve the delivery of city services.
Murdock’s long history of community involvement includes serving as President of the Orange County Division of the League of California Cities, Chair of the Orange County Council of Governments, Chair of the Orange County Waste Management Commission, and Chair of the Operations Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District. He’s also an active member of the Brea Rotary Club, and the President of a non-profit organization that provides and maintains low-income housing for seniors.
Murdock holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Chapman University School of Law. Brett lives in the City of Brea, with his wife, Roni, and their two children.
Murdock’s campaign team will be led by General Consultant Melahat Rafiei. Rafiei is a former Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Orange County, and she has helped Democrats win tough races throughout the region. Derek Humphrey and Anna Sowle of Overland Strategies, who have worked extensively in Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino Counties, will serve as the campaign’s direct mail consultants. Rounding out the team is pollster Jonathan Brown of Sextant Strategies & Research, who conducted survey research for Former Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva’s 2012 and 2014 campaigns.
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Press Contact: Derek Humphrey
(951) 805-4167
Contact: Melahat Rafiei
(562) 491-1318
Brett Murdock for Congress 2016
324 S. Brea Blvd.
Brea, CA 92821
The absolute expression of arrogance. One majorly bungled term on Council, Koreagate, zero interest or skills in public engagement, twice cited by the FPPC and recipient of the worst reelection performance by a seated mayor in the history of Orange County. And now he has aspirations for Congress? Is there no limit to his delusions of grandeur? Poppycock.
LOL!
He and other’s facilitated so much tension in our city that I would have to escape to another state far, far away from his district should he be elected to congress.
This is GREAT NEWS!!!………………For Ed Royce.
Why can’t OC DEM’S (especially in North County) put a decent candidate forward?
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