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Chula Vista, California’s mayor endorsed Mike Bloomberg. The city’s assemblywoman picked Elizabeth Warren. What do the voters have to say? The Guardian’s West Coast reporter Mario Koran brings us this dispatch:

On paper, this should be Bernie Sanders country. Sanders, the clear front runner, boasts 42% of the state’s Latino vote. Chula Vista, just a 10-minute trolley ride away from the US-Mexico border, is about 61% Latino; nearly half the city speaks Spanish.



But Warren has made significant inroads here, grabbing the endorsement of Lorena Gonzalez, the high-powered, Latina assemblywoman who represents this district. Last month Gonzalez joined Julian Castro as they stumped for Warren at a brewery not far from Chula Vista.



Chula Vista’s mayor, Mary Salas, appeared to be swayed by neither: Her endorsement went to Mike Bloomberg, adding to a growing list of major US cities whose leaders have embraced the former NYC mayor.



Some of the cities whose mayors have endorsed Bloomberg are also the beneficiaries of hundreds of millions in grant money from Bloomberg Philanthropies — though Bloomberg’s campaign has scoffed at the suggestion that his support is purchased.



A visit to the polls proved that the political view in Chula Vista defies a simple narrative.



“Mike proved he can run a city. Realistically, he can take on Trump,” said 19-year-old Rosalinda Gomez said outside of her Chula Vista polling place.



But her friend, Dafne Ariza, believes Sanders is the better candidate to address the issues that matter most to her.

“Sanders is for everything I care about - immigration reform, LGBTQ rights,” Dafne says.

Mario Koran (@MarioKoran) Here in Chula Vista, Dafne and Rosalinda, both 19, split for Bloomberg and Sanders.



"Mike proved he can run a city. Realistically, he can take on Trump," said Rosalinda.



"Sanders is for everything I care about - immigration reform, LGBTQ rights," Dafne says. pic.twitter.com/WhZkQph7xC

Meanwhile, Xochitl, 76, said she wants to see better health care and higher wages — a response that tracks with polling that shows Latino voters prioritize health care and wages even ahead of immigration.



As for how Xochitl voted today, “es un secreto”, she said.