Everybody knows Jerry Brown, well 80% anyway (according to the Field Poll), but what about Rocky Delgadillo?  Well, according to the same Field Poll, he’s sitting at 16%/18% Favorables to unfavorables.  That leaves a very large 66% No opinion rating.  That is quite high (although not as high as GOP candidate Poochigian’s shockingly high 83%), leaving him a lot of ground to make up.

But Delgadillo relishes this role:

With just five years in public office, the little-known lawyer is taking on one of the state’s best-known politicians, Oakland Mayor and former California Gov. Jerry Brown. “I’ve said from the beginning I’m an underdog,” Delgadillo said. “Californians are looking for somebody who is not afraid to take on the big fight.”

Barely known outside his hometown, the 45-year-old father of two is running far behind Brown in the contest for the Democratic nomination to face Fresno Republican Sen. Charles Poochigian in November.  Brown was leading Delgadillo by more than 3-1 in a Field Poll released Wednesday. Ace Smith, Brown’s campaign consultant, said Brown has $4.4 million in his campaign account, while Delgadillo’s spokesman said his campaign has $3 million.(SacBee 4/23/06)

Delgadillo is well known in LA, but it’s going to be hard for him to challenge Brown in the Dem heavy Bay area.  Brown is still quite popular up here and has a large war chest to lean on.  With only about 6 weeks to go before the primary, Delgadillo has his work cut out for him.  However, Delgadillo has shown his ability to work from behind in the LA City attorney race, so it would be unwise to count him out.