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Aside from deciding on important ballot propositions, voters in the 32nd Congressional district in the San Gabriel Valley will also be electing a new representative to the House. Tomorrow’s special election will determine who replaces the seat vacated by the new Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. Voters will choose from a field of twelve candidates from three parties. Almost assuredly, the Democratic Party will retain the seat in the predominately Latino Congressional district. Democrat Judy Chu, a former state assemblywoman and current member of the California Board of Equalization, leads all contenders in the polls and in overall fundraising. Her chief rival is fellow Democrat and current state senator Gil Cedillo. In the lead up to tomorrow’s election, Chu earned an important labor endorsement from the Service Employees International Union. However, a group of janitors have broken away from the SEIU and instead are supporting Cedillo. If no candidate receives a majority vote tomorrow, a runoff election will take place on July 14th between the top vote-getters from each party involved in the race.

GUEST: Vickie Marquez, coordinator of Janitors Unidos por Cedillo, Freddy Ceja, interpreter