I have it on good authority that a certain Emanuel Pleitez, a member of the Treasury Department review of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team, is prepping for a run for California’s CD-32, which is being vacated by Hilda Solis.

Pleitez has an interesting resume thus far in his career, though it seems unlikely that he’ll be able to provide a substantial challenge to the heavyweight-laden field that the CA-32 special is likely to produce, including Judy Chu, Gil Cedillo and Gloria Romero.

My instant analysis is that the addition of yet another Hispanic candidate does little except strengthen the chances of Judy Chu’s ascent to Congress.