The controversy over a stalled effort to overturn a state ban on affirmative action spilled into a hot race for Congress this week when six Democratic state legislators rescinded their endorsements of state Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance).

In a March 25 letter mailed to Lieu’s congressional campaign office, the legislators asked their colleague to “remove our names from your list of endorsements for Congress.”

As of Wednesday evening, the names no longer were listed under the endorsement page on Lieu’s campaign website.

The letter was signed by Lieu state Senate colleagues Ricardo Lara of Bell Gardens, Norma Torres of Pomona and Holly Mitchell of Los Angeles and by Assembly members Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego, Anthony Rendon of Lakewood and Jose Medina of Riverside.

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