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Adam Gray: “Teach in the political science department at UC Merced. I…”

Featuring: Adam Gray, Democratic | U.S. House, California, District 13

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Published August 13, 2024 | Video Starts at 34:47

When you're dealing with issues, one person's gain is another person's loss and vice versa. And politics and public policy making is balancing those needs. Teach in the political science department at UC Merced. I have for the last twelve years. and I love working with my students on this subject. And the class I teach is a mock state legislature. (34:47–34:52)

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Asserts that he has been teaching in the political science department at UC Merced for twelve years.

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“I'm a candidate for the 13th congressional district running against John Duarte, who's a freshman member of Congress.”
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“John [Duarte] put a few hundred thousand dollars of his own money into the last race.”
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“John [Duarte] was a big Kevin McCarthy and Devin Nunes supporter financially.”
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“We ran against each other in the last race in 2022.”
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“I was coming out of ten years in the state legislature, where my state assembly district was essentially the same as this congressional…”
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“About two thirds of the voters in the 13th congressional district were represented by me.”
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“John was a first time candidate, had run, well, second time candidate. He had run for something called Modesto irrigation district board…”
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“I lost to John by 564 votes in the general election, 2022.”
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“Biden won this seat, or would have won this seat by about eleven points in 2020.”
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“In 2012, Obama would have won this seat with 54% of the vote.”
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“In 2016, Hillary Clinton would have won this seat with 53.6% of the vote.”
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“In 2020, Joe Biden would have won the seat with just a little over 54% of the vote.”
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“Even in the midterm years, Jerry Brown would have won this seat twice in midterm elections, about 53% of the vote.”
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“Gavin Newsom in 2018 would have won this seat with 52% of the vote.”
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“Gavin Newsom got 45% of the vote in this seat [in 2022].”
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“I got 49.9% of the vote [in 2022].”
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“We increased the per pupil funding in rural public schools.”
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“We built a medical school program at UC Merced, which is the latest university of California campus here in the San Joaquin Valley.”
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“I was the co-author of the Bipartisan Infrastructure act in 2014 with Jerry Brown.”
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“I was the co-author of the Water Bond in 2014.”
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“Water is an incredibly important issue, not a sexy issue in most of parts of the state. But here where I live, the agricultural economy is…”
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“John Duarte is a MAGA type Republican who chose to run at the last minute.”
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“Kevin McCarthy, who was very interested in becoming speaker of the House, was working to get a good candidate to run against me.”
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“The Republicans did take over the House.”
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“Two thirds of the fresh fruit and vegetables in this country come out of California.”
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“90% of the world's almonds and pistachios come out of California.”
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“This Congress isn't working for anybody.”
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“In the 2020 election, when we go back and look at the election results for this seat as currently drawn, 126,000 voters in 2020 voted for…”
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“In 2022, we lost by 564 votes.”
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“100,000 people didn't come out to vote in 2022, 70% of whom were Democrats and independents.”
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“Madera county, which is one of the five counties in this congressional district, just lost last year its only hospital.”
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“If you need a hospital [in Madera County], you have to either go to Merced county or Fresno county.”
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“We struggle to have enough healthcare professionals in the area.”
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“That's why I fought so hard for the medical school program.”
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“The program that we put together actually takes students who grew up in the valley, puts them in something called the San Joaquin Valley…”
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“It's a partnership program with UCSF.”
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“Jeff [Denham] lost that race to Josh Harder partially because of some really poor votes in healthcare policy.”
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“Utility cost bills [have gone] up 30% this year.”
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“Rebecca [Barakan] has endorsed me.”
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“I was in the legislature before [Rebecca Barakan] got there and helped her get situated there.”
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“Congress needs to make [healthcare access in rural areas] a higher profile issue.”
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“Republicans have done a really good job of taking the most divisive wedge issues and defining the Democratic Party with them.”
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“President Biden's been treated in many respects horrifically, unfairly.”
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“Republicans have tried to paint [Biden] as like a far-left president.”
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“If you look at the issues that [Biden's] focused on, whether it be like the Chips act, you know, bring back American jobs, he's got some…”
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“The Republicans have taken advantage of painting [Biden] with kind of a far-left reputation that's not serving him well in rural…”
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“There's a lot of good stuff to talk about [in the infrastructure act, the Chips act, etc.], and I just don't think they've done a good…”
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“If you look at a map of voter registration statistics and history over the past five decades, you go back five decades and you find red and…”
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“The northern part of the district is a community called Lathrop, which sits just south of Stockton. And the southern tip is a community…”
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“I grew up here in the valley, live on the same block that I was born on, actually.”
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“Ten years in the legislature, I'm pretty accustomed to having a hectic schedule.”
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“Young people really do have kind of a terrible track record, right, of being involved in politics. But young people have a really good track…”
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“About 50, just a little bit over 50% of the district has latino or hispanic heritage.”
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“In 2022, we had a 17% drop off statewide from Latinos in voter turnout. In my district, it was about 17.4%.”
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“I carried legislation to make hydroelectricity in this district.”
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“We've got the Modesto irrigation district, the Turlock irrigation district, the Merced irrigation district, which provide both water and…”
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“California has a law that doesn't count hydroelectricity towards renewable energy.”
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“They don't want to incentivize dams by letting hydroelectricity, which is the cheapest, most affordable form of renewable energy, be…”
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“What that meant here was 30 and 40% higher utility bills.”
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“I actually took that issue on and got a bill passed so that our hydroelectricity here could count, reducing people's electricity bills by as…”
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“I've fought to get more water availability.”
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“My work to pass an infrastructure act, which is both improving our roads and highways and bridges, but also investing in public transit…”
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“Ace Rail, which is going to get extended from Stockton down to Merced eventually, where they're working on that project right now.”
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“I got a medical school program started at UC Merced.”
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“I've kicked and screamed and fought to keep the funding for the University of California, Merced growing and the campus growing.”
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“There's opportunities around food production for bioenergy, bio waste, and other things.”
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“I got the first water bond pass that had $3 billion for new storage for water.”
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“They're actually building a reservoir north of Sacramento called sites reservoir.”
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“I carried legislation to make energy more affordable.”
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“I've gotten more money invested in job training programs and new industry opportunities in the valley.”
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“I fought for UC Merced and better educational opportunities.”
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