28th District State Senate race – Jeff Stone vs. Joy Silver

The 28th state Senate District, which encompasses the entire Coachella Valley and a good portion of western Riverside County, incumbent Jeff Stone, R-La Quinta, was fending off a challenge by Democrat Joy Silver.

Stone was first elected in 2014, following three terms on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.

After an unsuccessful 2016 challenge of Raul Ruiz’s congressional seat, Stone is looking for re-election to the Senate and continues to push for public safety, while decrying regulations that he feels have increased the tax burden for working families and veterans. On the public safety front, he introduced legislation to place metal detectors in Riverside County schools, while also “working to repeal the unfair gas tax hike that harms middle-income families and small businesses.”

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Silver, a Coachella Valley small business owner backed by a number of local Democrats, describes herself in campaign documents as “an outsider who will bring a fresh approach to getting things done in Sacramento.”

Silver has pushed for expanding health-care access, creating affordable housing and securing funding to solve the Salton Sea crisis.

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