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Sommer Atkins, a co-chair of the Indian River High School science department and a Teacher of the Year finalist last year, is the faculty advisor for the school’s Gay-Straight Alliance.

>> reporter: 191th congressional district -- the 11th congressional district goes from the central valley through the east bay into the south bay. and its political makeup is split almost 50/50 between republicans and democrats. here the signs of a still sputtering economy are all around. the shuttered buildings, the mortgage crisis, lost jobs. >> getting jobs. thats all it comes down to. everybody needs a job. everybody needs money. everyone has a bill. >> reporter: this political str...