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Parks launched her campaign for the newly redrawn California's 26th congressional district in January 2012, following the announcement that Republican Congressman Elton Gallegly would not seek re-election. [36] With the open primary, where the top two candidates advance to the November elections regardless of political party affiliation, Parks re-registered as 'no party preference' to be independent of the polarizing political parties. [37] [38] The Los Angeles Times endorsed Linda Parks over the other 5 candidates running for the 26th California Congressional District. Though she won the popular vote in her 2nd Supervisorial District and received over 18% of the vote, she lost in the larger 26th Congressional District. [39]

Parks has the distinction of having had hundreds of thousands of dollars spent in campaigns against her by both parties, the Republican Party in 2010 [40] and the Democratic Party in 2012. [41] She termed out from the Board of Supervisors December 30, 2022.

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Linda Parks
Ventura County Supervisor, Second District
In office
2003 [ citation needed ] –2022 [1]