The San Joaquin Valley may be struggling to grow food because of the dust-bowling drought. But it’s having no trouble producing Republican leaders.
The latest Republican leader to emerge from the San Joaquin is Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen of Modesto, a conservative with an appealing moderate tone, who nevertheless has strong views about water development. Olsen — articulate, attractive, ambitious — seems to represent the wave of the future for California Republicans if they’re to reverse their downward spiral and reestablish relevancy in Sacramento.
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