After Katie Hill
Post-Scandal House Hopeful Urges Santa Barbara Women to Persist in Fight Against Trump and Misogyny
The frontrunner in the race to fill former congressmember Katie Hill’s seat, Assemblymember Christy Smith delivered a speech in Hill’s stead to the Women’s Political Committee on Friday at El Paseo.
| Credit: Marian Shapiro
Christy Smith cites one overarching reason for confronting the ordeal of three election campaigns in eight months as she battles for a fiercely contested congressional seat.
A Democratic rookie Assemblymember from Santa Clarita, Smith is running to succeed former Rep. Katie Hill, who resigned amid a sex scandal last year from the 25th Congressional District, which spreads from Simi Valley to the northern San Fernando Valley.
