Ex-Assemblyman Richard Katz to Seek Rosenthal’s Senate Seat
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Former Assemblyman Richard Katz ended months of speculation about his career plans Friday by saying he wants to run for the state Senate seat currently occupied by Herschel Rosenthal (D-Los Angeles).
The Clinton administration recently asked Katz to become head of the Federal Highway Administration, but the influential Democratic legislator who once served as his party’s Assembly leader declined.
“The idea of living in the East Coast was just not attractive to me,” he said. “The Valley is where my family is.”
A federal appellate court is reviewing term limits for state officials. But if the limits are upheld, Rosenthal would be forced out of office when he finishes his current term next year.
Those limits forced Katz to leave the Assembly after 16 years, just as he had helped mastermind the Democrats’ return to control of the Assembly.
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