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by Brian Leubitz
Well, one seat that won’t need to be filled is that of Asm. Warren Furutani, who is still eligible for one more term. He lost his race for LA City Council to LAPD officer Joe Buscaino, and has been drawn in a seat along with Asm. Isadore Hall. Should be an interesting race if he decides to run again.
Meanwhile, Bob Dutton plans on running for CA-31 to replace Jerry Lewis. Democratic Mayor of Redlands Pete Aguilar is also in that race. It is a swing district, but Dutton has a ready name advantage.
As expected, Tony Strickland announced that he will be running in CA-26 in what will be heated open race. The seat is a swing district, and should be an interesting race in November with a number of strong Democrats in the running.
In the Senate, Gen. Richard Roth, a former general and a Democrat from Riverside has announced he will run after Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge denied Senate caucus pleadings to run.
Tony Strickland might have just jumped in the race, but I just saw a pretty slick video from David Pollock’s campaign. The video’s ability to deal with a serious issue–breaking up the banks–in a really funny manner. Here is the link:
This race sure will get interesting as we get closer to the primary. It has been a roller coaster, who knows what will happen next…