I was kind of surprised by the number released in the 36th Senate District GOP Primary to succeed Dennis Hollingsworth.
I know this will be another shocker. I am biased towards the three candidates.
Assemblyman Joel Anderson is sure to be in the race. From October 2007 to December 2008 I was his Chief of Staff and I’ve known him for almost 20 years. I also know school board member Ken Dickson. Good man and a conservative. I have meet Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone and his sister once at the most recent CRP Convention.
But what stunned me was the Cash on Hand numbers for a primary just a few short months away. Anderson had $242,687.60, while Stone had only $84,944.13 and Ken Dickson was only 900 dollars behind that at $84,013.15.
This is significant because of geography in this race. In the 2002 GOP primary about 17% of voters were from the Riverside part of the district. The rest of the district is in Eastern San Diego County. In 2006 the Riverside portion climbed to a little over 19%.
Hollingsworth overcame the geography deficit by being the conservative candidate and he was only candidate from the Riverside portion of the District.
I think it is a safe bet that it will be hard to get to the right of Assemblyman Anderson as Dickson and Stone have the best name identification in Riverside County.
I know I’m biased, but the numbers tell the story. You would have to be stoned not to see it. Now for some munchies.