Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) took in less money over six months than GOP candidate David Hadley (R-Manhattan Beach) in four months.
Not only that, but Muratsuchi attempted to bolt from his Assembly race and run for state senate.
The Los Angeles Times gives the full story on the rush for Ted Lieu's state senate seat:
State Sen. Ted Lieu’s announcement that he is running for an open congressional seat has sparked interest in his Senate seat from a crowd of possible contenders, including Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi and former Assemblywoman Betsy Butler.
Betsy Butler lost her seat in the new assembly district which included Santa Monica and Malibu, in part because she helped kill SB 1530, which would have made it easier to get rid of perverted teachers in the classroom.
Is Muratsuchi worried about the onslaught he will face in 2014.
In spite of his projected interest in the seat, the LA Times retracted its (or Muratsuchi's) story:
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| "I AM running for reelection in AD-66" (The Party Bosses Told Me So!) |
His reason for staying in the 66th, according to the LA Times?:
Muratsuchi said he and his family love living in the South Bay and serving the 66th Assembly District.
Right. Of course, let us never forget that the California Democratic Party takes it very seriously about the chain of command, and that candidates need to get in line with the party leadership before choosing to run for office.
Ted Lieu jumped into the Congressional race, and the Dems in California already know that they will see millions go up in flames in a 33rd intraparty blood bath, and that will happen before the June Primary!
If two Dems advance to the general election, the Dems will have Berman-Sherman Part Deux!
Certainly Democratic Party bosses want to avoid as much blood-letting as possible.
Then Muratsuchi declared:
“After years of budget cuts and partisan bickering, California is coming back,” he said in a statement. “ I look forward to continuing to fight for good jobs, good schools, safe neighborhoods and a clean and healthy environment.”
Muratsuchi believes that California is coming back, even though businesses are fleeing the state, and the local schools in his assembly district are still operating on a shoe-string to get through every year.
He wants to fight for good jobs. . .Here is the LA Times take on his attempt to keep aerospace jobs in the South Bay:
By the slimmest of margins, aerospace giant Boeing Co.'s largest union approved a controversial contract proposal that cut benefits in exchange for decades of work in Puget Sound on a new jetliner.
Washington State union locals were willing to relent on pensions and benefits to keep their jobs in the state. "An injury to one is an injury to all" has given way to "look out for yours, and forget about theirs."
Unions must realize that they have to compete with each other now, since businesses can move their operations to "right-to-work states", of which twenty-four were vying for Boeing's business.
Muratsuchi's resigned response:
"Obviously, California would have loved to bring the 777X program home," said Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), chairman of the Assembly's Select Committee on Aerospace. "But we'll continue to reach out to Boeing to try and bring manufacturing jobs to Long Beach."
It's funny that Muratsuchi wants to bring business to Long Beach, even though he represents the South Bay. Why is it that he stumps about commerce outside his own district so much? Maybe it's due to the fact that he gets most of his dwindling resources from oustide the district in the first place. . .
Muratsuch is running for reelection, yet the political landscape, both nationally and locally, is looking nasty for Democrats and liberals, especially as local leaders are pooling their resources and pulling their energy behind one candidate to take down Muratsuchi and end the Democratic supermajority in Sacramento.
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