Given how poorly Min is polling against Baugh in adjacent CA 47, we may need a win from Tran to hold even in Orange County. The TV ads against Min are brutal. I hate to imagine being represented by Baugh; he's worse than Mimi Walters was, and she was pretty awful.
I believe it's one factor of several. Katie Porter narrowly won CA 47 in 2022 against Baugh, and narrowly won in her former CD 45. This district is highly competitive, and Min isn't as impressive as Porter, and the DUI hurts him in what would have already been a tough race.
I'm still hopeful that Min will come through.
The main ad Baugh is running is about his brother who died of an overdose and how he's dedicated to public service to fight fentanyl. It makes him seem very human to those who don't know better and of his ugly history.
In the university polls of CA races a couple of weeks ago, respondents were asked for the first one or words that come to mind about each candidate. The pollsters were stunned that over half of respondents said "DUI" regarding Min. Seems to me that having his Democratic opponent attack him on that basis before the primary has stuck.
Ooof. It's just a reminder of how, um, messed up our election system is, especially now that corporations are people, and if I consider what other things we could do with a few $Billion. It's like finding a piece of bone in your Whopper. You are already unhappy that you're eating a Whopper, and then it gets worse.
Happy Q3 leaked fundraising reports day to all who celebrate! The numbers you’re about to see for Democrats are going to be nuts.
First up is #CA45, where Derek Tran (D) announced raising more than $2 million
https://x.com/jamesd0wns/status/1841073406759907809
Congratulations on Derek Tran for the good fund raising quarter and getting his numbers out first.
Given how poorly Min is polling against Baugh in adjacent CA 47, we may need a win from Tran to hold even in Orange County. The TV ads against Min are brutal. I hate to imagine being represented by Baugh; he's worse than Mimi Walters was, and she was pretty awful.
Is the DWI arrest a major cause of his unpopularity?
I believe it's one factor of several. Katie Porter narrowly won CA 47 in 2022 against Baugh, and narrowly won in her former CD 45. This district is highly competitive, and Min isn't as impressive as Porter, and the DUI hurts him in what would have already been a tough race.
I'm still hopeful that Min will come through.
The main ad Baugh is running is about his brother who died of an overdose and how he's dedicated to public service to fight fentanyl. It makes him seem very human to those who don't know better and of his ugly history.
In the university polls of CA races a couple of weeks ago, respondents were asked for the first one or words that come to mind about each candidate. The pollsters were stunned that over half of respondents said "DUI" regarding Min. Seems to me that having his Democratic opponent attack him on that basis before the primary has stuck.
Right, but also his having driven while drunk stuck. It's his fault, and he should have withdrawn from the race.
Had his primary opponent been the one running against Baugh, I believe we would be in worse shape than we are.
I wish my Assembly person, Cottie Petrie-Norris had stepped up, since I believe she would have won, but she didn't want to.
Ooof. It's just a reminder of how, um, messed up our election system is, especially now that corporations are people, and if I consider what other things we could do with a few $Billion. It's like finding a piece of bone in your Whopper. You are already unhappy that you're eating a Whopper, and then it gets worse.