William Rodriguez Morrison is a candidate who has entered the special election race to replace Congressman Xavier Becerra for the 34th Congressional District in Los Angeles, California.

William was born and raised in the city of Los Angeles, California and is a fourth generation resident of Boyle Heights, California, near the Downtown Los Angeles.

Known for his bravura and potent charisma across the community he was born in, he is a daring individual known in the Los Angeles Local Politics

scene.

As of March, 2017, Mr. Morrison has suffered three heart attacks.

The last one he experienced ignited his efforts to express his commitment to office even if his cacoethes in getting office is a hard uphill battle.

According to his LinkedIn and public Facebook profile, he has attended Los Angeles City College when he was younger to get started in his Business administration and

management Associate in Arts degree.

And, later on, attended University of Las Vegas where he continued his education and received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Business administration and

management also.

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He is a life long member of the community and the district that he was born in.

For over 54 years he has been actively involved in the operations in his neighborhood by holding different positions.

Here are some of the positions he has held in the last couple decades:

William is considered a Perennial candidate as he has ran for Los Angeles City Council, state Senate and, most recently, in late 2016, as Mayor of Los Angeles, in which he dropped out of that race in December in order to run for the 34th Congressional District.

He was also a 2014 candidate for California's 24th State Senate district.

Mr. Morrison has entered the race to replace Xavier Becerra (D) after he was appointed the new Attorney general by Governor Jerry Brown. The race has become mostly democratic with Morrison the only Republican candidate.

Twenty-three candidates filed to run in the race: 19 Democrats, one Republican, and three others.

All candidates will compete in the same primary, and the top two—regardless of party affiliation—will advance to the general election.

Should one candidate receive more than 50 percent of the primary vote, a general election will not occur.

The past two elections in the district have featured a general election contest between two Democrats, a likely scenario in this special election as well.

His Top Three Priority:

Elections for the California State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4th, 2014. The signature filling deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was on March 7, 2014. Incumbent Kevin de León (D) and Peter Choi (D) defeated Mr. Morrison (R) in the blanket primary.

De Leon defeated Choi in the general election.

California's 34th Congressional District special election list of Candidates, 2017