'Clueless' Actress Stacey Dash to run for Congress in California

Stacey Dash is running for Congress in California.

Stacy Dash, the actress and former conservative commentator for Fox, filed the paperwork on Monday to run in California's 44th district. While Dash has not issued a statement about the paperwork, she had previously hinted at the possibility of running for office on social media. Dash first drew the attention of conservatives after she endorsed Mitt Romney for president of Barack Obama in 2012.

Stacy Dash is best known for co-starring in the 1995 feature film Clueless and the TV series spinoff of the same name. She has also appeared in films such as Moving, Mo' Money, Renaissance Man and View from the Top. Other television acting jobs by Dash includes appearances in series such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Single Ladies and the reality television show Celebrity Circus. She has also appeared in music videos for Carl Thomas' "Emotional" and Kanye West's "All Falls Down". Dash was a co-host on Fox News talk show Outnumbered.

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