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California’s 7 Tea Party Die-hards

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Seven Republican House members vote no on budget/debt limit compromise

by Brian Leubitz

The Tea Party has many Republicans running scared across the country, with nearly 2/3 of the Republican House caucus voting no on the Senate driven compromise plan. But here in California, the lack of a primary in a Top-2 system insulates much of that right-wing pressure.

But seven Republicans voted no on the compromise anyway.

California Republicans voting “no” were: John Campbell, R-Irvine, Jeff Denham, R-Turlock (Stanislaus County), Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine (San Diego County), Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale (Butte County), Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove (Sacramento County), Dana Rohrabacher, R-Costa Mesa (Orange County), and Ed Royce, R-Fullterton (Orange County).(SF Gate and full roll call vote here)

Perhaps you could argue that if the vote was unsure, that some of them may have switched. But the fact is that they voted to gamble with the national and global economies in a fit of picque. It was a gamble that seven other California Republicans weren’t willing to take. Heck, even Darrell Issa voted for the deal.

And some of those Republicans who voted no were just never going to vote yes, like McClintock. But the biggest name that jumps out on me on that list is Jeff Denham who is still in a district with a Democratic registration advantage, and who won by a fairly slim margin in 2012. If Denham draws a well funded challenger, he’ll need to answer for this vote.

But, really, shouldn’t all of these legislators answer for this vote?  

3 thoughts on “California’s 7 Tea Party Die-hards”

  1. A big chunk of McClintock’s district was going broke because the Yosemite closure came right as they finished putting out the Rim Fire, and he voted to keep them out of business for even longer?

     

  2. McClintock is a Ventura County Republican who, while he might have a mailing address in Elk Grove, “represents” the 4th Congressional District (covering all of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties and portions of Placer, Nevada, Fresno and Madera Counties) and has a local District office in Granite Bay.

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