Brian Quintana, whose full time work is production stuff for the film industry, has a history in politics. He ran a strong race in the early 90s for the seat that would ultimately become Antonio Villaraigosa’s launching pad.  But these days, he’s got diverse interests.  In yesterday’s election, he ran against Barbara Boxer for the Senate nomination, finishing in 2nd place with about 14% of the vote. Fairly respectable all things considered.

Today, he released a press statement going over his race.  It was an absolute treasure, full thing over the flip, but here are some of my favorite quotes:

Quintana would’ve done even better had blogger Mickey Kaus not copied his idea to challenge California incumbent Barbara Boxer.

Yes, perhaps he should have spoken to the Patent and Trademark Office on that. Because filing for Senate is “an idea” that you copy as a third grader would copy off his neighbor’s paper.

Quintana spent a mere $100,000 to receive 253,243 votes which translates to $ .39 per vote.

He then went on to compare himself to other candidates in yesterday’s election. If we are really talking cheap campaigns, how about Yes on 13? Or No on 16 for that matter.  Value, No on 16, PG&E power grab brought the miserly value.

Before closing out the release with a section comparing the number of absolute votes he received to others in unrelated elections, he sums it up thusly:

Quintana has clearly proven his political prowess and business savvy. He is expected to do well in his future political and business endeavors. “It has been a real treat to travel this vast state, and serve as a voice for the little people,” Quintana stated. “You have not heard the last of me.”

Honestly, I don’t know what to say to that. Dude’s got a point.

nd The Winner Is – Brian Quintana

Dollar for dollar the clear victor in Tuesday’s statewide primary was United States Senate candidate Brian Quintana – a Hollywood Producer and Businessman.

Quintana spent a mere $100,000 to receive 253,243 votes which translates to $ .39 per vote.

Meg Whitman spent over $80 million for 1,101,528 votes which translates to $72.62 per vote.

Steve Poizner spent over $35 million for 461,823 votes which translates to $75.78 per vote.

Chris Kelly spent over $12 million for 265,110 votes which translates to $45.26 per vote.

Carly Fiorina spent over $6.7 million for 952,072 votes which translates to $7.03 per vote.

Barbara Boxer spent over $3.7 million for 1,426,923 votes which translates to $2.59 per vote.

Chuck DeVore spent over $2.1 million for 321,218 votes which translates to $6.53 per vote.

Tom Campbell spent over $1.7 million for 366,581 votes which translates to $4.63 per vote.

Quintana would’ve done even better had blogger Mickey Kaus not copied his idea to challenge California incumbent Barbara Boxer. For the record, Quintana pulled his papers with the County Registrar-Recorder on February 17, 2010 and submitted his qualifying signatures on February 24, 2010. Kaus did not pull his papers until March 1, 2010.

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Quintana has clearly proven his political prowess and business savvy. He is expected to do well in his future political and business endeavors. “It has been a real treat to travel this vast state, and serve as a voice for the little people,” Quintana stated. “You have not heard the last of me.”

Quintana received more votes than any Latino in California history (excluding Lt. Governors Cruz Bustamante and Abel Maldonado). He even received more votes than Antonio Villaraigosa did in either of his Mayoral General Elections.

Cruz Bustamante: 4,290,473 votes | 1998 CA Lt Governor Election

Cruz Bustamante: 3,589,804 votes | 2002 CA Lt Governor Election

Cruz Bustamante: 2,724,874 votes | 2003 CA Gubernatorial Recall Election

Cruz Bustamante: 1,937,213 votes | 2002 CA Lt Governor Primary Election

Cruz Bustamante: 1,899,566 votes | 1998 CA Lt Governor Primary Election

Abel Maldonado: 675,854 votes | 2010 Lt. Governor Primary Election

Brian Quintana: 253,243 votes | 2010 United States Senate Primary Election

Antonio Villaraigosa: 152,613 votes | 2009 Mayoral General Election

Antonio Villaraigosa: 124,561 votes | 2005 Mayoral General Election

Quintana received more votes than more prominent Latinos in California’s Democratic primary Tuesday.

Brian Quintana: 253,243 votes | 2010 United States Senate Primary Election

Albert Torrico: 249,067 votes | 2010 Attorney General Primary Election

Rockard J. Delgadillo: 169,717 votes | 2010 Attorney General Primary Election

Pedro Nava: 167,514 votes | 2010 Attorney General Primary Election

Chuck Pineda: 71,484 votes | 2010 Governor Primary Election