Ammar Campa-Najjar was born on February 24,1989 and is a United States naval officer, and former official at the United States Department of Labor.
14 Facts About Ammar Campa-Najjar
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Ammar Campa-Najjar secured 48.3 percent of the vote in the 2018 election against incumbent Duncan D Hunter.
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Ammar Campa-Najjar lost again in a 2020 campaign to represent California's 50th congressional district, which encompassed the northeastern segments of San Diego County, and a small section of Riverside County.
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Ammar Campa-Najjar moved to San Diego in 1981 and earned an MBA from San Diego State University.
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In 2019 in response to this new information, Ammar Campa-Najjar withdrew some of the condemnations he had made against his grandfather.
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Ammar Campa-Najjar worked as a deputy regional field director for the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign.
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Ammar Campa-Najjar advocated for registering young people to vote, especially those who would be 18 by 2018, because they would be on the receiving end of climate change and increasing levels of indebtedness.
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On February 2,2018, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Campa-Najjar had out-raised both the Republican incumbent, Duncan D Hunter, and his Democratic rival, Josh Butner.
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On June 5,2018, Ammar Campa-Najjar placed second in the nonpartisan blanket primary, earning a chance to compete against Hunter in November.
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In 2019, Ammar Campa-Najjar announced that he would run for the same seat again in 2020.
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Ammar Campa-Najjar stated that his 2020 campaign would run on the dual platform of economic security and national security.
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In October 2020, a podcaster posted screenshots purporting to show Ammar Campa-Najjar identifying as a blue dog Democrat who intended to become an independent if elected in 2020.
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On October 25,2020, the Union-Tribune reported that Ammar Campa-Najjar had been out-raised by Issa.
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Ammar Campa-Najjar was sworn in aboard the USS Midway, which he described as surreal because at the same site in 2018, Duncan D Hunter held a press conference and made racially charged attacks against Campa-Najjar.