California’s 15th District race featured young newcomer and Democrat EricSwalwell challenging the 39-year incumbent Democrat Pete Stark. It didn’t look too good for Swalwell – and even the Democratic party endorsed his rival – but last night Stark was unseated by his challenger.
Dr. Wes Watkins, IV has built his whole life’s work around the idea that there’s no better example of democracy than a Jazz ensemble. Dr. Watkins is the founder of the Bay Area-based Jazz & Democracy Project. He devised a curriculum that teaches schoolchildren lessons in jazz alongside American history and the democratic process.
