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Text: For Clinton Political Director, the fight against Trump is personal.

Renteria (interview): I often talk about, like, this idea of 'how can I…'

Text: Brooklyn, NY. Hillary for America HQ.

Renteria (interview): '…bridge the, the New York to small town, rural America where I grew up?' and 'what a better…'

Text: Amanda Renteria. National Political Director, Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign.

Renteria (interview): '…place it would be if we all had a better understanding, erm, of each other and where we grew up!' and so I feel like I have, sort of lived life in a lot of different worlds, and, I love bringing it together.

Renteria (diff. clip): Did I, did I ever show you this? I look at, I love this, everyday, because…

Sign: Wework.

Renteria (diff. clip): …the actual words I see is 'we work'.

Office Man: (Phone rings) Hello.

Office Woman: Thankyou, take care and you look forward to seeing a woman President, yes.

Renteria (diff. clip): Our biggest message, right now, has been 'early votes starts Minnesota, the 23rd and Iowa, the 29th. This place looks like this on Saturday and Sunday (points to busy office). It doesn't really change.

Renteria (interview): I was honoured to be able to work for somebody like Hillary Clinton, who has done so much in her life - particularly, her fight for women and families, but I didn't imagine how much responsibility I would feel. That part, that part is new, erm, you know, and it's in part seeing Trump out there and the demonising he's done to immigrants, …

Text: Taco trucks on every corner!

Renteria (interview): …to women, to folks with disabilities, and the effect it's had on me is much more, erm, waking up, everyday realising the responsibility of making sure that we have the right kind of leadership in our country.

Renteria (diff. clip): Sometimes, it's hard to hear is "oh, you're in politics, that's dirty!" It's not. There is some people that might be, but the work itself is beautiful, if done right and if done well, and I think sometimes I get pretty down by that - when people are kind of, you know it's my way of giving back and to hear "well, that's a dirty business". It shouldn't be. For me, right, it's a hard thing growing up in the Central Valley knowing I'm Mexican-American, knowing the way Trump's demonising me and then, seeing some of my old softball coaches be strong Trump supporters. And, you say, "Trump just demonised me and my kids and you know me!", erm, my hope is that you believe in the better angels of all of us, right, where we do want everyone to succeed. To my old teachers and my old coaches that they really don't believe that. At least, sometimes, that's what allows me to sleep at night. And, so I'm hopeful that not only will that notion that we're stronger together, that everybody is welcome, will succeed here. But that, folks will come together and realise the higher calling of all of us being part of this country.

…to be continued…

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Top Clinton aide to run for California governor

By Christopher Cadelago

ccadelago@sacbee.com

February 14, 2018 10:18 AM

Updated February 15, 2018 12:43 PM

"Amanda Renteria oversaw the political operation for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign in New York City. Originally from California's Central Valley, Renteria aims to bridge the divide between rural and urban America. As a Mexican-American," By Ali Rizvi

Amanda Renteria, a longtime Democratic operative and the national political director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, has filed paperwork to run for California governor.

Renteria, Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s operations chief, a job she took following her 2014 loss to Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, had been telling Democratic strategists that she was mulling what one described as a “disruptive” bid to succeed Gov. Jerry Brown. She did not immediately return a text message seeking comment on her statement of intention to run.

Becerra, who is running for a full term this year, has not endorsed in the governor’s race.

Renteria, 43, would join a contest featuring a male-dominated field led by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Her filing comes amid renewed questions into the leading Democrats’ extramarital affairs, now against the backdrop of the roiling #Metoo movement. Delaine Eastin, the state’s former schools chief, is far behind in polls and fundraising.

Renteria, who grew up in Woodlake southeast of Fresno, has been a favorite of Central Valley Democrats, even drawing then-Vice President Joe Biden to a rally for her campaign. She first met Becerra, whom she joined in Sacramento as a way to battle the Trump administration in the legal arena, while working as chief of staff for Sen. Debbie Stebenow, D-Michigan. She also worked for California Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

“California and other states are recognizing that the White House has real implications on everyday life even though you are 3,000 miles away,” Renteria told McClatchy’s Vida en el Valle last year.

Democrats were shocked and puzzled by the filing, with former state Sen. Dean Florez, a Villaraigosa supporter from Shafter, saying he was saddened by the development.

“If you are running for Governor, announce 6 months ago, attend the debates, hold a press conference with your supporters & speak directly to the press,” he wrote on Twitter, adding the hashtags #spoiler and #badpolitics.

Others close to Villaraigosa, who could lose voters to her given his focus on Latinos and voters in the Central Valley, downplayed her significance, unless Renteria can raise considerable money.

It’s unclear who would staff Renteria’s campaign: Three of the people who worked on her 2014 congressional bid are working on a Super PAC aimed at helping Villaraigosa.

California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman told The Sacramento Bee on Wednesday that she won’t have a speaking slot at the party’s convention later this month in San Diego.

“The convention program is done. I couldn't even squeeze in two minutes,” Bauman said.

She also will not be part of the party’s endorsement process, he added.

Garry South, a strategist from Los Angeles who has helped run four gubernatorial campaigns in the last 20 years, noted Renteria does not have a public profile in the state.

“Her name on the ballot alone won’t make her a player in California," he said.

Newsom and Villaraigosa, meanwhile, have been campaigning for some time, and both were early Clinton backers in 2016 and 2008, when Villaraigosa was her national co-chairman.

“It’s way too late to get into the 2018 race. It’s too late to raise any significant amounts of money,” South said.

“I don’t know what she’s thinking. I just don’t see it. I think it’s crazy.”

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article200069104.html

…"Risk is HIGH" - because anyone funding her would have to buy out/bump off the rest of the runners for governor?