CA-GOV/CA-10: Garamendi to run for Congress

Wow.

http://www.capitolweekly.net/a…

I am not usually the diary posting type but this seemed like big news if it pans out.  Cant say Im totally surprised but Garamendi was my guy and I fully planned on voting for him in the primary knowing he would probably only garner about 10% of the vote.

Personally and politically, I really like him and kind of wished I still lived in CA-10 so I could cast a vote for him.  I met him once.  He is a large, congenial and enagaging man.

It looks almost certain now that AG Brown will take the plunge for Team Blue and easily win the Dem primary.  Either he or Feinstein but I never really thought she would enter.  Some of my more well-connected friends in the CDP seem to agree with that assessment as well.

Also, I dont see much hope for Buchanan or DeSaulnier given this event but in a low-turnout election, who knows?

12 thoughts on “CA-GOV/CA-10: Garamendi to run for Congress”

  1. In a world of term limits with a position merry-go-round, the US House has to look incredibly enticing to California pols.  The seats were even designed to be politically safe although ten years of Republican ineptitude and minority population growth means that Democratic seats are even safer and some Republican seats are more iffy.

  2. that were state legislators/BOE members right before they were elected to Congress, 25 of 53.

    CA-01: Mike Thompson was a State Senator

    CA-02: Wally Herger was a State Assemblyman

    CA-04: Tom McClintock was a State Senator/Assemblyman

    CA-09: Barbara Lee was a State Senator

    CA-12: Jackie Speier was a State Senator/Assemblywoman

    CA-15: Mike Honda was a State Assemblyman

    CA-17: Sam Farr was a State Assemblyman

    CA-18: Dennis Cardoza was a State Assemblyman

    CA-20: Jim Costa was a State Senator/Assemblyman

    CA-22: Kevin McCarthy was a State Assemblyman

    CA-27: Brad Sherman was a Board of Equalization member

    CA-28: Howard Berman was a State Assemblyman

    CA-29: Adam Schiff was a State Assemblyman

    CA-31: Xavier Becerra was a State Assemblyman

    CA-32: Hilda Solis was a State Senator/Assemblyman

    CA-33: Diane Watson was a State Senator

    CA-34: Lucille Roybal-Allard was a State Assemblywoman

    CA-37: Laura Richardson was a State Assemblywoman

    CA-38: Grace Napolitano was a State Assemblywoman

    CA-40: Ed Royce was a State Senator

    CA-41: Jerry Lewis was a State Assemblyman

    CA-42: Gary Miller was a State Assemblyman

    CA-43: Joe Baca was a State Senator/Assemblyman

    CA-48: John Campbell was a State Senator/Assemblyman

    CA-53: Susan Davis was a State Assemblywoman

  3. I wonder who Ahnold would appoint as interim Lt. Gov. should Garamendi run and win this congressional race. And I wonder what impact itd have on the state legislature, if any (Im guessing not much). Id still say, even if the replacement is a solid moderate, the Dems would still be favored to pick up the office in 2010.  

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