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U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) speaks during a press conference at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Lance Christensen is the vice president of California Policy Center, a nonprofit focused on reducing public sector barriers to prosperity. He has two decades of public policy and political experience working in and out of the state legislature, the Department of Finance, educational nonprofits and as a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2022.