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Anonymous ID: 9bf95e May 16, 2018, 8:38 a.m. No.1431123   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1146 >>1186

Dems Pour Cash Into California Races to Avoid ‘Nightmare’ Shutouts

 

DCCC ad targets one top GOP candidate for twice voting with Democrats

 

Democrats are so concerned about getting shutout of their chance to flip three GOP-held districts in Southern California in the state’s jungle primary system that they are pouring $1.5 million into three districts this week targeting top Republican candidates.

 

Democratic leaders have repeatedly stated that their House majority takeover runs through California

 

Democrats are so concerned about getting shutout of their chance to flip three GOP-held districts in Southern California in the state’s jungle primary system that they are pouring $1.5 million into three districts this week targeting top Republican candidates.

 

One Democratic-Party-funded television ad stands out because it bashes a leading Republican candidate for twice voting with Democrats and California Gov. Jerry Brown in the state legislature.

 

All candidates regardless of party affiliation in California compete in the primary, and the top two vote getters then run in the general election.

 

Democratic leaders have repeatedly stated that their House majority takeover runs through California, where there are seven districts held by Republicans that voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in 2016.

 

However, Democratic Party insiders for months have openly worried about a nightmare scenario: that they could get locked out of the general in three California districts, those held by retiring GOP Reps. Darrell Issa and Ed Royce, as well as Rep. Dana Rohrabacher.

 

In final weeks before the June 5 primary, Democrats have become so concerned they are attacking one GOP state representative running for Issa's seat for twice voting with Democrats in the state legislature.

 

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) this week spent a reported $515,000 in Issa's district, and announced a television ad targeting GOP State Assemblyman Rocky Chavez.

 

The ad slams Chavez for voting with Democrats for California Gov. Jerry Brown's budget, which it referred to as the "largest budget in California state history," and for voting to raise "your gas and energy costs," both strong Republican talking points.

 

"Californians deserve leaders who keep their word, not more career politicians who promise voters one thing and do another in Sacramento," DCCC spokesman Drew Godinich said in a statement.

 

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http:// freebeacon.com/politics/dems-pour-cash-california-races-avoid-nightmare-shutouts/