"My real loyalty is to the people, to the children and their children and to future generations. Not to a political party that may not see the bigger picture," Winograd said.
"The Los Angeles Times ran a front page story in the middle of the campaign about how Pelosi wanted to bounce Harman off the Intelligence Committee. Perhaps my candidacy provided some cover for her doing that. The reason was that Harman is too Republican-like," Winograd said.
The Times ran a full article on Winograd's campaign and mentioned her 5 other times, she said.
"Even if she receives 62%, and I received 38%, no one wants to receive rejection from one grassroots club after another or hear their record excoriated on the radio," Winograd said.
Harman had lost a number of Democratic club endorsements, was not able to get a pre-endorsement from the Democratic Party, and lost a number of organizational endorsements to Winograd.
"It's not ok for lawmakers to sequester themselves in Washington and refuse to meet with grassroots activists. There were so many people who felt disenfranchised in the 36th district and they saw my campaign as a ray of hope," Winograd said.
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