Law Professor Turned Congresswoman Earns Six-Figure Campaign Contribution From Law Firm’s Managing Partner

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Rep. Katie Porter (Official portrait, public domain image via Wikipedia)

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I cannot think of a single issue that she is not on the right side. She is exceptional. I just love Katie, and I think she brings something that we really don’t have in the Senate.

— Gerald Singleton, managing partner of Singleton Schreiber, explaining why he contributed $250,000 to back Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) in her bid for the late Dianne Feinstein’s U.S. Senate seat. Before being elected to Congress, Porter worked as a professor at the UC Irvine School of Law.

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