Spending my Saturday in Iowa working to ensure we win back the White House by supporting Vice President @JoeBiden. Proud to be here with many Obama alums barnstorming the state and encouraging folks to #IACaucus for @JoeForIA. Let’s beat Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/JcYUG3IJDZ

— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarciaLB) February 1, 2020

???? California, a message from Iowa. pic.twitter.com/QfTg7cPT5W

— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarciaLB) February 1, 2020

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In October 2019, Garcia canceled a "Meet the Mayor" event for LB residents to fly to Iowa to campaign for Sen. Kamala Harris (and likewise Tweeted his presence; LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

In 2016, Mayor Garcia supported Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders (including voting as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention to nominate Clinton over Sanders). On election eve, Garcia famously wrote on his Facebook page that he didn't vote for Clinton as a protest against Trump but because he believed she was "well qualified, ready on day one." (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

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In 2005, when Garcia was an aide to a LB Councilman who ran for Mayor in 2006, Garcia launched an effort to revitalize LB's mor ibund Young Republicans. When the Republican Councilman finished second in the 2006 Mayor's runoff, Garcia moved into a Council district with disportionately Democrat voters, flipped his voter registration from Republican and was elected in 2009 with less than a majority of votes cast in a multi-candidate no-runoff special election.

Garcia is today a Dem Party partisan.

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