Dateline Inglewood – State Assemblymember Autumn Burke today announced a huge fundraising haul today, raising $240,000 in the last reporting period of 2015, and $420,000 for the year.

“Her fundraising numbers are a signal of the breadth and depth of the support behind her re-election,” said Maclen Zilber, a consultant to Ms. Burke’s campaign. “She is taking nothing for granted. She will run a robust campaign to every corner of the district.”

Ms. Burke has the endorsements of four current and former Assembly speakers.

Since declaring for re-election, Ms. Burke has a accrued a formidable roster of community leaders and organizations:

• U.S. Rep. Janice Hahn
• State Board of Equalization Chair Jerome Horton
• State Sen. Isadore Hall
• State Sen. Holly Mitchell
• State Sen. Ben Allen
• State Sen. Bob Hertzberg
• Former Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins
• Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon
• Assemblyman Mike Gipson
• Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Chair, California Legislative Black Caucus
• Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson
• Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin
• Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts
• Inglewood City Councilman Alex Padilla
• Inglewood City Councilman George Dotson
• Inglewood City Councilman Eloy Morales Jr.
• Inglewood City Councilman Ralph Franklin
• Los Angeles County Democratic Party Chair and California Democratic Party Vice Chair, Eric Bauman
• Lawndale Mayor Robert Pullen-Miles
• National Women’s Political Caucus Los Angeles Westside Caucus
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 36
• Teamsters Joint Council 42
• Californians Allied for Patient Protection
• Professional Engineers in California Government
• Los Angeles Police Protective League
• United Teachers of Los Angeles

Burke was elected in 2014 with 76 percent of the vote. She serves on the Assembly Rules Committee, Utilities and Commerce Committee, Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, Housing and Community Development Committee, and Health Committee, and Chairs the Select Committee on Career Technical Education and Building a 21st Century Workforce. She is a member of the California Commission for Economic Development. Her 62nd Assembly District includes portions of Los Angeles, Inglewood, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, and Lawndale and the unincorporated communities of Marina del Rey, Lennox, West Athens, Del Aire, Centinela, Alondra Park.

This story appears via California Friends of the African American Caucus and editor Basil Kimbrew at cafriendsofaacc@gmail.com