Environmental advocate Sarah Rascón seeks state Senate seat representing parts of Northeast LA

A third candidate has tossed her name in the ring to replace outgoing state Sen. María Elena Durazo in next year’s election.

Sarah Rascón, 35, most recently worked as the director of county and regional affairs for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Before that, she was a field representative for then-Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez, and she also worked for several years for the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, where she became deputy executive director for environmental equity.