Since the end of the Cold War, Long Beach has gone from middle of the road politically to decidedly leftist. End of the Cold War meant that many defense related businesses and facilities closed or moved to other areas of the country.
Since the end of the Cold War, Long Beach has gone from middle of the road politically to decidedly leftist. End of the Cold War meant that many defense related businesses and facilities closed or moved to other areas of the country.
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George Deukemeijian and Dan Lungren represented parts of Long Beach a long time ago...
Deukemeijian served in State Senate before he eventually became the governor of CA...
Lungren did serve in US House before he eventually became the attorney general of CA...
Long Beach is not the same as when those guys were in office...
East Long Beach is OK...I am talking about the area around CSULB...
North Long Beach is not good...Near Compton...