Familiar with medical benefits of medical cannabis from work with disability community. On the campaign trail, she’s focused on expanding access to affordable healthcare and protecting the environment, both which she believes will win her support from voters regardless of their party affiliation. Believes cannabis is a "perfect opportunity" for economic development in the community and that cannabis when used by consenting adults appropriately is something that should be "their business and their business alone." See Bubser speaking at a cannabis town hall at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB3IVjeTrEA&feature=youtu.be
Chris Bubser is an engineer-turned-biotech advisor who wants to use her healthcare, business, and scientific expertise to solve problems and create new opportunities in CA-08. https://www.chrisbubser.com/meet-chris
Despite their historic struggles and Trump’s popularity in District 8, Democrats say the near parity between registered Democrats and Republicans in the district make a path to victory possible. With 32.4% of the district’s voters registered as Democrats, 35.7% as Republicans and 24% as “No Party Preference,” the district’s profile is similar to some of the California congressional districts Democrats flipped in 2018.
Bubser's strategy up until this point has primarily been to raise the necessary funds to increase her name recognition in the district and prepare for a 2020 campaign of larger scale than those run by past Democratic candidates. Bubser’s $350,000 in campaign contributions pales in comparison to candidates running in battleground districts, for example, in Orange County. But it’s more than any Democrat has raised in the 8th District in prior elections.