Marni von Wilpert had breast cancer. Now she wants to fight for health care in Congress

Marni von Wilpert did not expect a routine mammogram to become part of her campaign story. But in late spring, the San Diego City Council member learned she had stage 2, grade 1 breast cancer. After surgery, she said, the cancer was gone, her lymph nodes were clear, and she would not need chemotherapy. “Because we caught it early, my surgery was incredibly successful,” von Wilpert says. The…