By Adam Graham-Silverman
The three leading contenders for the crucial Democratic nomination in California’s open 39th District appear ready to brawl right up to Tuesday’s primary vote.
The stakes are as high as the rhetoric level in the campaign: The primary almost certainly will determine who will serve the district in the 108th Congress. Drawn in redistricting [...]
Congress: Redraw leads to stiff competition among six Democrats.
By John Canalis
The primary for the 39th Congressional District is one of the most contentious races in the state, especially for three front-running Democrats battling it out with one another.
Without a sitting incumbent, no fewer than nine candidates want to represent Cerritos, Lakewood, La Mirada, Lynwood, Paramount, [...]
Politics: Congresswoman’s sister raises $154,899 so far in bid for 39th District seat.
By Mike Sprague
Linda Sanchez has jumped out to an impressive lead in campaign fund-raising over two of her key Democratic Party opponents seeking the nomination in the 39th Congressional District in the March state primary election.
Sanchez, a labor leader, raised $154,899 as of [...]
By Adam Graham-Silverman
Incumbency is perhaps the best predictor of elections. Only nine House incumbents lost in 2000. So “open seat” races, those in which there is no incumbent on the ballot, account for much of the partisan competition in most election years.
But not all open seats are created equally competitive. Take this year’s contest in [...]
By T.J. Wallis
Do you get an adrenaline rush when you consider:
• Images of young people at the World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle, Washington, protesting the trade of products made by child labor?
• Hundreds of people vowing to block the return to Cuba of a 6-yearold boy named Elian Gonzalez?
• Protesters attempting to block Makah [...]
