New York Magazine identified 25 promising Democratic leaders of the next generation, including Rep. Sara Jacobs of San Diego, it was announced Monday.
The magazine said it conducted months of interviews with recruiters, party operatives and consultants who spoke anonymously about the rising stars to create the list.
The 36-year-old congresswoman, who represents California’s 51st district covering much of the city of San Diego, is championing expanded health care coverage after her own experience with egg freezing.
“Almost every ambitious Democrat is running, in part, on grocery and housing prices or championing more affordable transit or some other quality-of-life issue,” the article reads. “Sara Jacobs, a third-term congresswoman from San Diego, has found her own affordability angle: egg freezing.
“Jacobs underwent the increasingly common procedure this past summer and says it took an emotional and physical toll. It’s prohibitively expensive for many Americans (Jacobs says hers cost $30,000 out of pocket); she’s now pushing legislation that would expand health care coverage of fertility treatments, including IVF, starting with members of the military.”
The other person on the list from California was Saikat Chakrabarti, 39, who is running for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat in San Francisco.
The full New York Magazine article is available here, though it requires a subscription to access.
