{"id":11719,"date":"2022-07-23T09:34:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T16:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=11719"},"modified":"2022-07-23T09:34:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T16:34:36","slug":"giselle-hale-drops-out-of-california-assembly-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/giselle-hale-drops-out-of-california-assembly-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Redwood City Mayor Drops Out of California Assembly Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Giselle-Hale-4.png\" alt=\"Giselle Hale drops out of California Assembly campaign due to political attacks against her\" class=\"wp-image-11721\" width=\"696\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Giselle-Hale-4.png 900w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Giselle-Hale-4-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Giselle-Hale-4-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Giselle-Hale-4-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Giselle-Hale-4-150x93.png 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Giselle-Hale-4-696x433.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gisellehale.com\/espanol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gisellehale.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Redwood City Mayor Giselle Hale is dropping out of her campaign for the California Assembly due to political attacks against her that have affected her family&#039;s mental health and happiness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through your account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gisellemarie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>The mayor explained that the \u201cdifficult\u201d decision was made during a \u201cmuch-needed\u201d vacation, and \u201cduring that time off, I saw how deeply this career impacted the mental health and happiness of my husband and our two daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our family recently got away for a much-needed vacation. During this time off, I saw how deeply this race impacted the mental health and happiness of my husband and our two daughters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1X9bvzIiwS\">pic.twitter.com\/1X9bvzIiwS<\/a><\/p>- Major Giselle Hale (@gisellemarie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gisellemarie\/status\/1550532485934489601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that during his campaign, he faced down a $1.2 million special-interest smear campaign with all his might. \u201cThey appeared in our mailbox almost daily. While I could face the lies and attacks and continue driving, it was impossible for my family to remain unaffected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy five-year-old daughter regularly received one of my opponents\u2019 attack ads while watching a children\u2019s YouTube show; and my eight-year-old daughter told me that a classmate brought a negative email to school. They couldn\u2019t understand adults doing such things,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this regard, the mayor explained that it is not very difficult to find people in politics who are willing to do or say anything to get elected. &quot;But that is not me. Ultimately, my decision came down to protecting the three people I care about most.&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Hale explained that her journey does not end in her quest to help those who need it most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;I&#039;m going to spend time with my girls and then I&#039;ll look for my next adventure. I will never stop fighting for the issues that put me in charge 8 years ago: housing, children, the environment and equality,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hale made it clear that as mayor of Redwood City, she will continue to fight for affordable housing, child care and public transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also said she will join the Vote Mama Leadership Council to advise other Democratic mothers seeking office, and will work to improve transparency in the campaign finance system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am humbled and grateful to everyone who supported our campaign. From the donors who helped me raise $810,000, to the 300+ volunteers who knocked on 20,000+ doors, to the 100+ elected officials and community leaders who endorsed my campaign. The world needs more of you!\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor achieved the necessary votes during the primary elections to reach the November elections, where she will seek to obtain a seat in the California State Assembly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he announced his withdrawal from the campaign, his name will remain on the ballot for the November 8 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/giselle-hale-asks-to-stop-attacks\/\">Redwood City Mayor calls for a halt to misleading attacks against her<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La alcaldesa de Redwood City, Giselle Hale abandona su campa\u00f1a rumbo a la Asamblea de California debido a ataques pol\u00edticos en su contra, mismos que han afectado la salud mental y felicidad de su familia.&nbsp; A trav\u00e9s de su cuenta de Twitter, la alcaldesa detall\u00f3 que la \u00abdif\u00edcil\u00bb decisi\u00f3n fue tomada durante unas vacaciones \u00abmuy [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11719"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11723,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719\/revisions\/11723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}