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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Jun 03, 2018 01:41pm |
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| News Date | Sunday, June 3, 2018 07:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Gil Cisneros and Andy Thorburn, two millionaire Democratic candidates for a battleground House district in Southern California, had been attacking each other so ruthlessly that party leaders encouraged them to meet at an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles earlier this month to force a truce: Play nice, or risk forfeiting a top district to Republicans.
The armistice, brokered by California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, altered the course of one of the stranger primaries of 2018, replete with party meddling and nasty attacks but few policy differences. Looming above it all is the possibility that two Republicans would advance to the general election to replace Republican Rep. Ed Royce in a district Hillary Clinton carried in 2016.
The Orange County-based seat tops the nationwide list of Democratic targets, but it became the site of an early, multimillion-dollar rescue operation when it became clear the wide field of Democrats could split their vote enough to land a pair of Republicans atop the all-party primary. And Democrats also worry that the previous weeks of intraparty attacks — allegations ranging from party disloyalty to tax evasion to a threatening voicemail later decried as a fake — will send a potential nominee limping into the general election.
“This is the weirdest race in the country that’s attracted Democrats of all stripes and an unprecedented amount of money,” said candidate Sam Jammal, a former Obama administration official and one of the four Democrats running. “But all the negativity doesn’t help us because we’re still just beginning to build the Democratic brand here.” |
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