Politics & Government

Parks to Run as Independent

The candidate for the 26th Congressional District said she "identifies more with the center of American life."

Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks, who is running for Congress in California's 26th District, was expected at noon Wednesday to re-register at the county's elections division and "decline to state" a party affiliation, which in Californa is the same as being independent.

Parks said in a written statement that she identifies more with the center of American life than with the far left or right and that she's taking this step to give her more flexibility in bringing partisan interests together.

"I believe Republicans and Democrats need to work together and, if elected, I will work with fellow Congressional members regardless of party," she said. "“Congress is broken and we need to end the partisan extremism to effectively govern, fix the economy and create jobs.”

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Parks has also pledged to not accept money from PACs, unions, parties or major corporations.

Currently, nearly 20 percent of the district's voters have declined to state a party affiliation when registering to vote and almost 24 percent are not affiliated with the two major parties.

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