Takasugi Endorses Sybert for Assembly
Oxnard Republican Nao Takasugi announced his support Wednesday for Richard Sybert to fill the 37th Assembly District seat Takasugi will soon vacate because of voter-approved term limits.
Sybert, an attorney and former top aide to Gov. Pete Wilson, is one of four candidates to join the race for the district, which stretches from Oxnard and Port Hueneme to Thousand Oaks and Moorpark.
Takasugi joins a list of Sybert supporters that includes former Gov. George Deukmejian, former Congressman Bob Lagomarsino, UC Regent and Proposition 209 Chairman Ward Connerly, the California Reserve Police Officers Assn. and Citizens for a Safe Ventura County.
Other Republican candidates in the race include Tony Strickland, an aide to Assemblyman Tom McClintock (R-Northridge), Thousand Oaks resident and scientist Michael Farris and Port Hueneme Mayor Pro Tem Toni Young.
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