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?
That he’ll be better than Tauscher.
hahahahahahahaha.
That’s the only comment I can think of.
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.
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
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.