Former CSUF professor Phil Janowicz announces 2018 congressional bid for District 39 seat against Ed Royce

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“It’s only fitting that I announce my campaign where I was initially inspired to run—right here at Cal State Fullerton,” said Phil Janowicz, who kicked off his 2018 Congressional campaign kickoff in CSUF’s Becker Amphitheater, amid cheers from his core supporters.
Janowicz, the president and CEO of education consulting firm Quill and Abacus, was once a chemistry professor at CSUF where he mentored over 100 students in the Supplemental Instruction Program and his research lab.
“When I realized how many of my students were struggling to meet basic food and housing needs, I decided I had to do more than teach chemistry,” Janowicz said in his first speech as a political candidate.
Now, he’s challenging CA 39th Congressional District Rep. Ed Royce’s incumbent seat.
“My opponent is running from his record of voting with Trump 96 percent of the time,” Janowicz said, stirring boos from the crowd. “My opponent runs from the voices of his constituents, refusing to hold town hall meetings or answer questions from our community.”
Rep. Royce could not be reached for a response.
A major voice of Royce’s constituency outcry has been Indivisible CA D-39, which previously held a vigil to “mourn” Royce’s relationship with constituents on Feb. 23, and held a demonstration in front of Royce’s Brea office on March 23.
Janowicz himself is a member of Indivisible CA D-39.
Indivisible CA is “united against the Trump agenda” and counts Republicans among its members, Janowicz said.
“There’s a lot of enthusiasm among people in Indivisible (CA D-39),” said assistant professor of health science and Indivisible CA D-39 member Shana Charles. “Everybody who’s met him said that they really appreciate not only his values, but also his intelligence, his dedication and his willingness to step up and fight this fight for us.”
Charles is a volunteer for Janowicz’s campaign and ...

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