Flores Opens Campaign for Secretary of State
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores, who recently helped sink a key provision in the city’s proposed ethics-in-government code, said Wednesday that she is running for secretary of state to promote election and political reform.
“The secretary of state is our state’s chief elections officer, and because of a lack of state leadership, California has the most confusing patchwork of campaign election laws anywhere in the nation,” the three-term councilwoman said at a news conference outside City Hall.
Flores, 53, a Republican who represents the city’s 15th Council District, said she decided early this week to run after receiving encouragement from supporters, including Republican gubernatorial candidate Sen. Pete Wilson. She accused Democratic incumbent Secretary of State March Fong Eu of having created “a vacuum of leadership in this office.”
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