LOS ANGELES — Marcie Kraft has been doing her part to help Democratic District 25 congressional candidate Christy Smith get her message out throughout her campaign.

Kraft has been volunteering all year long because this is the third election this year for the District 25 seat.

“If Christy can do it with the amount of stuff she does running around then I can do a couple of shifts too as a volunteer,” Kraft said.

About 45 minutes away in Lancaster, four-decade volunteer Phyliss Reily has been working the phones campaigning for Congressman Mike Garcia.

Garcia won the special election this summer to fill the seat of Katie Hill, who resigned after a highly-publicized scandal. Before Hill was elected, District 25 was a Republican juggernaut, and now Reily is trying to make sure Garcia holds the seat for Republicans.

“I’m afraid under the leadership of someone like Christy Smith, it’s gonna be big government and bigger government, until government is everything,” said Reily.

Certainly, Kraft wouldn’t agree with that as a supporter of Smith. All of her positive energy may subside if Garcia wins again in the general election.

“Mike Garcia is beholden to Trump," said Kraft. "He goes right along with whatever Trump wants. That’s not who we want representing us in Washington."

Although, they are on opposing sides of one of the most watched congressional races in the country, they both share a passion of getting out the vote.

“The minute Trump was elected in 2016, I had to become involved,” said Kraft.

“We don’t ever really stop,” said Reily. “ It’s an ongoing effort even after an election.”

Kraft and Reily both have different reasons for being involved, and each say their candidate would choose the country’s best interest over party politics. Now it’s up to voters to decide who they believe will actually listen to the people.