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BOUNCING BACK? Superior Court Judge David Carter’s...

By Jerry Hicks, Dave Lesher and Carla Rivera

BOUNCING BACK? Superior Court Judge David Carter’s first taste of politics was the licking he took when he ran against Rep. Robert K. Dornan (R-Garden Grove) in 1986. But Carter’s efforts gained him much respect within the Democratic Party. . . . Now that Dornan may jump to the 45th District to run, many Democrats want Carter to run in Dornan’s home 46th. Carter is mum about it, but others point out that he still owns a home in the 46th--just in case.

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Carla Rivera

Carla Rivera is a former deputy editor for investigations at the Los Angeles Times. She was previously an assistant editor in Metro and reporter who covered higher education. Rivera was a member of the staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the 1992 Los Angeles riots and has covered county government, the homeless on Skid Row, Malibu wildfires and been stung by rubber bullets during the 2000 Democratic Convention. Rivera is an alumna of The Times’ Metpro program (now called the Los Angeles Times Fellowship), which trains early career journalists from diverse backgrounds.

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