Muslim immigrant to run for California lieutenant governor

LOS ANGELES: A physician who came to the US from Pakistan is joining the 2018 race for California lieutenant governor, promising to run on his Muslim faith, immigrant past and career in medicine.

Dr. Asif Mahmood will kick off his candidacy with a Wednesday afternoon press conference in Los Angeles. On his campaign web site the pulmonologist says his status as a Democrat, a Muslim and an immigrant makes him a "triple threat."

He vows to fight what he calls President Trump's discriminatory attacks on immigrants. Mahmood moved to Kentucky in the 1990s to complete medical school and came to California in 2000. He lives near LA with his wife and three teenage children.