Saturdays are local politics days at MadProfessah.com
Today there are stories about two Los Angeles area State Assemby races that I have been following closely, AD-53 and AD-43.
In the 53rd Assembly District race to replace termed-out Ted Lieu (who is running for California Attorney General) openly gay Mayor ofFeel free to send me any suggestions for future Saturday local politics stories!RedondoManhattan Beach Mitch Ward has been endorsed by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. Ward is competing in a crowded field which includes straight Equality California board member (and registered lobbyist) Betsy Butler, her ex-boyfriend Jim Aldinger, city prosecutor Nick Karno, enviromentalist James Lau, former staffers Kate Anderson and Edgar Saenz, and for good measure, a 22-year-old Tea Party activist named Neal Mintz. Only Aldinger and Ward have held elected office before. The big news this week is that HONOR PAC, California's Latino LGBT political action committee has endorsed Anderson in the race. MadProfessah has endorsed Mitch Ward. Lau has been the most successful fundraiser to date and still has the most cash on hand, closely followed by Butler, Anderson and Karno who each have close to 200,000 to spend before the June 8 primary.
In the 43rd Assembly District race to replace now-Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian, internal polls show a narrow lead for attorney Mike Gatto where the most popular candidate is "Undecided." Last week, we reported that Andrew Westall had dropped out of the race but in the poll conducted of 400 residents in the district he was included and the results were Gatto 16%, Nayiri Nahabedian 12%, Westall 10%, Chahe Keuroghelian 6% among Democratic primary voters with 56% undecided. Interestingly, when told information about the candidates, Gatto had the largest increase, rising 26 points to 42%, Nahabedian 19% (+7), Westall 14% (+4), Keuroghelian 8% (+2) and Undecided falling 39 points to a mere 17%. Gatto also leads the money race, but the path to victory is complicated by the three elections that one needs to win in order to claim the seat in November.
Two great races to follow. Can't figure out
ReplyDeletewhy Honor PAC didn't support Ward. And should be noted that your "independent" poll was a Gatto poll that only released selected numbers. And the big number you cited not only came without any idea of the questions preceding if, but it also was for the June electorate!
Prediction: winner in April is not challenged in June. Put your thinking cap on and you could figure it out.
Apparently HONORPAC board members were very impressed by Anderson's interview.
ReplyDeleteI never said the poll was "independent" I called it an "internal" poll.
AD43: No one get's 50%+1 on the 13th.
ReplyDeleteOn aprevious post there were questions about about Mr. Peter Thottam and his candidacy, and I wanted to add this to your repertoire:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.peterthottam.com/Endorsements/endorsements.htm
Before anyone endorses Mr. Peter Thottam, you should check out the California State Bar website.
ReplyDeletehttp://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_detail.aspx?x=206882
In it, it discusses Mr. Peter Thottam's suspension for admitting and being found guilty of a crime of shoplifting in Irvine.
I also found another article on this purported "purveyor" of the Truth, which talks about his shoplifting in Mexico and spending time in Jail.
http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-08-26/news/when-cops-are-thugs/
There were more articles about him being jailed in Los Angeles for accosting other people.
Is this the kind of lunatic we want representing our city?