For the record, Hilda Solis is asking California voters for a chance to continue to serve.

A day after she launched her campaign for what would be California’s 38th Congressional District, should voters approve new district maps in November, Solis, 67, spoke about her life in politics, how to get things done in the Trump era, and if working in the divisive national landscape ever gets her down.

The answer to that last question is no, thank you very much.

Since first getting elected to public office in 1985, as a member of the Rio Hondo Community College Board of Trustees, Solis said one word her parents taught her has driven the purpose of her work.

“Ganas, my, my parents would always tell me, and, and if you could translate it, it’s like you have the power, you have the energy, you ha

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