Vida en el Valle - This first-year Democrat is looking for middle ground in sprawling 4th state Senate District

State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil – on the 101st day after taking office – sounded like the “middle-ground candidate” the Democrat ran on to win in the sprawling, Republican-leaning Fourth District that encompasses all or parts of 11 counties.

“We’ve veered too far to the left, where we have a system that often puts the rights of criminals above the victims of those crimes,” Alvarado-Gil said during a March 16 community swearing-in ceremony at the Modesto Irrigation District boardroom.

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