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| Al says to the CA Dems: "Show me the money!" |
Despite budget shortfalls, layoffs, and declining readership, the Los Angeles Times continues to carry water for the demeaning Democratic Party brand in the state of California.
In their latest piece on the vulnerable freshman Democrats in Sacramento, the paper published an impressive photo of Assemblyman Muratsuchi seated in the cockpit of an airplane.
Free advertising, free campaign literature for the Democratic candidate, courtesy of the Los Angles Times.
Vulnerable Assembly Democrats are locked in tight fundraising races with their GOP challengers, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday.
Assemblyman Steve Fox, a Democrat from Palmdale, raised nearly $540,000 from July 1 to Sept. 30, and spent just under $530,000. Fox, a freshman legislator who won his 2012 race by just 145 votes, had nearly $160,000 at the end of the reporting period.
Steve Fox should not have won that seat in 2012. The district is majority Republican to begin with, and bad politicking lost this otherwise easy pick-up.
Heads will roll in the California Republican Party leadership if they do not regain this seat.
In a contested Orange County race, incumbent Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva of Fullerton spent heavily in the last quarter, more than $950,000. She raised more than $560,000 in the same time period and entered the final campaign stretch with just under $130,000 in the bank.
Her opponent, Young Kim, a former aide to Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton), brought in around $460,000. She spent $470,000 and had $545,000 on hand at the end of September.
Republicans are also aiming to unseat Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance). The freshman Democrat raised almost $440,000 last quarter and spent more than $700,000. He had more than $510,000 in his coffers as of Sept. 30.
David Hadley. a Manhattan Beach businessman, is the GOP contender. He brought in just over $300,000 and spent around $200,000. He ended the reporting period with more than $470,000 cash on hand.
Hadley beat his opponent in the primary by five hundred votes, in a race where there were no other Republican or Democratic candidates. Independent fiscal conservative Seth Stodder was interested in the state assembly seat, too, but switched to the state senate race once Lieu switch his campaign to replace the retiring Congressman Henry Waxman.
Hadley has a clear pathway to the general election so far. He also caught statewide attention for unifying dispersed groups and interests. Operatives within the district reckoned that the California Democratic Party would spend two million dollars on this seat.
And it looks as if their investment may not pay off this year.
In their latest piece on the vulnerable freshman Democrats in Sacramento, the paper published an impressive photo of Assemblyman Muratsuchi seated in the cockpit of an airplane.
Free advertising, free campaign literature for the Democratic candidate, courtesy of the Los Angles Times.
Vulnerable Assembly Democrats are locked in tight fundraising races with their GOP challengers, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday.
Assemblyman Steve Fox, a Democrat from Palmdale, raised nearly $540,000 from July 1 to Sept. 30, and spent just under $530,000. Fox, a freshman legislator who won his 2012 race by just 145 votes, had nearly $160,000 at the end of the reporting period.
Steve Fox should not have won that seat in 2012. The district is majority Republican to begin with, and bad politicking lost this otherwise easy pick-up.
Heads will roll in the California Republican Party leadership if they do not regain this seat.
In a contested Orange County race, incumbent Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva of Fullerton spent heavily in the last quarter, more than $950,000. She raised more than $560,000 in the same time period and entered the final campaign stretch with just under $130,000 in the bank.
Her opponent, Young Kim, a former aide to Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton), brought in around $460,000. She spent $470,000 and had $545,000 on hand at the end of September.
Chris Norby lost this seat in 2012, in part because he did not campaign as though there would be a major challenge to the seat. The California GOP should not have lost this seat, either.
The first priority is get rid of Fox, and the Republicans should have no problem doing that. Young Kim should be able to score an upset against Quirk-Silva.
Then there's the third Assembly Seat Target: the 66th Assembly seat in the South Bay:
David Hadley. a Manhattan Beach businessman, is the GOP contender. He brought in just over $300,000 and spent around $200,000. He ended the reporting period with more than $470,000 cash on hand.
Hadley beat his opponent in the primary by five hundred votes, in a race where there were no other Republican or Democratic candidates. Independent fiscal conservative Seth Stodder was interested in the state assembly seat, too, but switched to the state senate race once Lieu switch his campaign to replace the retiring Congressman Henry Waxman.
Hadley has a clear pathway to the general election so far. He also caught statewide attention for unifying dispersed groups and interests. Operatives within the district reckoned that the California Democratic Party would spend two million dollars on this seat.
And it looks as if their investment may not pay off this year.
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