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Shake Up

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 195: Shake Up

Issa Says His Seat Will Flip

November 6, 2018 · 11:45 am ET · Leave a Comment

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said early Tuesday morning that Mike Levin (D), the Democrat candidate running for his seat, is poised to win, The Hill reports.

Said Issa: “Quite frankly, we know the results already. It will be a Democrat representing La Jolla to Solana Beach for the first time in a number of years.”

2018 Campaign CA-49

Democrats Risk Disaster In Several California Districts

May 2, 2018 · 12:23 pm ET · Leave a Comment

David Wasserman: “Democrats’ path to a majority depends on California more than any other state: they have excellent chances in seven GOP seats that Hillary Clinton carried in 2016, and a few more could be long shots in a wave. But in at least four districts, Democratic over-enthusiasm has produced crowded fields that could lock Democrats out of the fall race altogether.”

“Under California’s unorthodox ‘top two’ primary system — first implemented in 2012 — all candidates appear on the same June primary ballot and the top two finishers, regardless of party, advance to a November runoff.”

“At the moment, Democrats face the greatest danger of a shutout in the 48th CD, where Rep. Dana Rohrabacher faces a credible challenge from former Orange County GOP chair Scott Baugh and three credible Democrats will be dividing their party’s vote. But it’s also possible Democrats could fail to make the fall ballot in the 39th and 49th CDs, where Reps. Ed Royce and Darrell Issa are retiring, as well as tarnished Rep. Duncan Hunter’s 50th CD.”

2018 Campaign CA-39, CA-48, CA-49, CA-50

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