Well, now I'm interested in California's 14th congressional race, which frankly, should have a special election soon after Congressman Eric Swalwell hopefully resigns in disgrace.
For those out of the loop, the SF Chronicle published this story today with a pretty bad sexual assault (actually, arguably, rape) accusation against Swalwell by a former staffer. And it sounds like there are more stories from other former staffers.
Much of the discourse has focused on his campaign for Governor, calling on him to drop out of the race. However, given the evidence cited in the article (contemporaneous texts, medical records, and other compelling info), I think a resignation is in order.
We rightfully celebrated this week’s amazing results. Now it’s time to look to the near horizon. What I’m watching:
1. May 5: Ohio primary turnout. Can Dems outvote Republicans? We couldn’t in 2018. It would be a promising sign if we continued out primary turnout streak from Texas and North Carolina here.
2. May 19: Georgia primary. The Supreme Court races are big. Hope we can turnout more Democrats yet again. Hoping Jason Esteves can get into the Democratic gubernatorial runoff. Also hoping that both Republican Senate and gubernatorial primaries go to a runoff.
3. May 26: Texas runoff. Hoping for Paxton🙏 . Rooting for Johnson in the Dem AG runoff. Don’t care much about the Dem LG race, either would be good.
Well, now I'm interested in California's 14th congressional race, which frankly, should have a special election soon after Congressman Eric Swalwell hopefully resigns in disgrace.
For those out of the loop, the SF Chronicle published this story today with a pretty bad sexual assault (actually, arguably, rape) accusation against Swalwell by a former staffer. And it sounds like there are more stories from other former staffers.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/eric-swalwell-allegations-22198271.php
Much of the discourse has focused on his campaign for Governor, calling on him to drop out of the race. However, given the evidence cited in the article (contemporaneous texts, medical records, and other compelling info), I think a resignation is in order.
Would anyone disagree...?
We rightfully celebrated this week’s amazing results. Now it’s time to look to the near horizon. What I’m watching:
1. May 5: Ohio primary turnout. Can Dems outvote Republicans? We couldn’t in 2018. It would be a promising sign if we continued out primary turnout streak from Texas and North Carolina here.
2. May 19: Georgia primary. The Supreme Court races are big. Hope we can turnout more Democrats yet again. Hoping Jason Esteves can get into the Democratic gubernatorial runoff. Also hoping that both Republican Senate and gubernatorial primaries go to a runoff.
3. May 26: Texas runoff. Hoping for Paxton🙏 . Rooting for Johnson in the Dem AG runoff. Don’t care much about the Dem LG race, either would be good.