Lieutenant Commander Jay Chen issued the following statement, following a hard fought Congressional campaign in California’s 45th District against incumbent Michelle Steel. The attacks on Chen, a United States Naval Officer, were widely condemned, with CNN calling one ad “perhaps the most dishonest TV campaign ad” they had ever seen. …continue reading
The LA Times highlighted Steel’s cosponsoring of the Life at Conception Act, which according to UC Davis reproductive law professor Mary Ziegler, “would be a nationwide abortion ban” without exceptions for rape or to save the life of a mother. While Steel has recently pivoted to saying she is “proud …continue reading
With Big Pharma instructing their bought representatives to vote against the Inflation Reduction Act, which among other key inflation reduction provisions, would lower the cost of prescription drugs by allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug makers to lower prices, voters are waiting yet again to see whether Rep. Michelle Steel …continue reading
With just over 100 days left until the election, Lt. Commander Jay Chen (res.) has overtaken Republican Michelle Steel in the Cash on Hand race in California’s 45th Congressional District. After accounting for unpaid debts, Steel enters the final full quarter of the race with $1,989,284 while Jay clocks in …continue reading
Jay Chen, the Democratic candidate for California’s 45th Congressional District, announced that he has raised over $980,000 in Q2 of 2022, reinforcing California 45th as one of the most competitive congressional districts this cycle. Chen’s campaign has received support from 21,358 individual donors, with an average donation amount of just …continue reading
Since the Supreme Court’s monumental decisions to strip the rights of Californian women over their own bodies and rollback gun safety laws that have kept Californians safe, Rep. Michelle Steel’s campaign and office have been silent. Rep. Steel supports making abortion and birth control illegal nationwide and refused to tell …continue reading
After sixteen months on the campaign trail, during which he broke fundraising records and earned a spot on the DCCC’s Red to Blue list, Jay Chen has secured the Democratic nomination for California’s 45th congressional district. Jay will be running against out-of-touch Representative Michelle Steel in a new inland swing …continue reading
Navy Veteran Jay Chen, a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserves and Candidate for Congress in California’s new 45th Congressional District, will report raising more than $323,000 in the 4th quarter of 2021 bringing his cash reserves to nearly a million dollars to kick off 2022. Since launching …continue reading
New Lines and New Opportunities CA45 is a new Asian opportunity swing seat with a 3.6%* Democratic registration advantage. The district voted for Biden by 6.2% and Clinton by 13.2%. The district is 37% Asian American with significant Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, and Indian populations. This district is primed to support …continue reading
Lt. Commander Jay Chen, candidate for Congress in California’s 39th Congressional District, released the following statement condemning Rep. Young Kim for her dangerous and out of touch gun record in response to a local mass shooting: “As a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy who has been trained to operate …continue reading
Lieutenant Commander Jay Chen, an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserves and President of the Board of Trustees for Mt. San Antonio Community College, will report raising $362,223 since launching his campaign for California’s 39th Congressional District in late January. Additionally, Chen carries $73,725 from a previous campaign, …continue reading
Lieutenant Commander Jay Chen, an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserves and President of the Board of Trustees for Mt. San Antonio Community College, announced his run for Congress in California’s 39th Congressional District. “As our country unites to confront the COVID-19 pandemic and the political divisions that …continue reading