CA Filings Finally Official

[cal04]

from MyDD

Bumped from the diaries -- Jonathan... Considering the questions as to whether GOP Rep. Gary Miller helped one of his business partners through official House actions, it's disappointing to see that the Dems did not field a challenger in his district. That said, it looks like the GOP had a much tougher go in California than the Dems this year.
Amazingly, after nearly a month the California Secretary of State has FINALLY compiled the official list of certified candidates. Surprisingly, it seems that more Congresspeople are set to go unopposed. It looked like it was just Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar), but now we have more:

CA-07: George Miller (D-Martinez) faces a Libertarian
CA-20: Jim Costa (D-Fresno) is unopposed, even though he is a freshman in a competitive district!
CA-31: Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles) faces another Democrat
CA-32: Hilda Solis (D-El Monte) faces a Libertarian
CA-33: Diane Watson (D-Los Angeles) faces another Democrat
CA-35: Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) faces another Democrat, a Libertarian, and an American Independent
CA-37: Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Carson) faces another Democrat and a Libertarian
CA-42: As previously noted, Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar) is unopposed

I am really shocked. I didn't think so many Democrats would get a free pass this year. True, all of them except Costa are in totally safe seats, but still...and the SoS claims this is the final, official list, so I have to go with it.

I'm amazed. I was angry at the California Democrats for failing to find someone against Gary Miller, but now that we have the full list, the Republicans actually did much much worse. Republicans had previously filed against every Democrat listed here, but I guess their paperwork wasn't kosher, because this is the official list. Not only did Republicans give liberal firebrands George Miller and Maxine Waters a free pass, they have basically conceded CA-20 for the foreseeable future, amazing since this is a seat they targeted heavily just two years ago.
Well, it looks like the Republicans won't be gaining any congressional seats in California this year.

http://www.mydd.com/

Miller helped free land for a business partner
http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/033006/news2.html

[Greeby]

1. I checked out the primary challenges to Diane and Maxine

And they look suspiciously like right-wing stealth candidates, either that or a pair of wussy centrists:

http://www.evans2006.org/index.html

http://www.carlmcgill.com/

[pinto]

2. Thanks for the updates cal04.

[EFerrari]

3. Bookmark this thread and compare it to the after Diebold outcomes. n/t