Lance has continued to engage in local education through running for school board, sitting as the assistant chair of the school district's finance committee and serving as vice president of a high school booster club. Recognized as an education policy and budgetary expert, he is the Vice President of Education Policy and Government Relations at the California Policy Center, long respected as a foundation built on education opportunities and choice.
Alex has helped lead the national fight for federal voting rights reform. Alex was one of the few Senators tapped to help author the Freedom to Vote Act, and he tirelessly advocated for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to advance in the Senate. When Republicans obstructed progress on the legislation, Alex was one of the first national leaders to use his platform to call for the elimination of the filibuster.