I just finished writing a column that will appear in tomorrow’s Capitol Weekly newspaper (we’ll link to it on tomorrow’s FR main page) that I think you will enjoy..

The piece is a more in-depth look at the blow-out victories of Assemblymembers Mimi Walters, Bob Huff and John Benoit in their successful bids for the GOP nominations in their respective State Senate races.

I think you will enjoy it. Look for it tomorrow!… Read More

Here are the final, unofficial results from key or interesting Orange County primary races:

29th Senate District Bob Huff 68.4% Dennis Mountjoy 31.6%

33rd Senate District Mimi Walters 73.6% Harry Sidhu 26.4% 60th Assembly District Curt Hagman: 59.8% Larry Dick: 40.2%

71st Assembly District Jeff Miller 57.7% Neil Blais 42.3%

73rd Assembly District Diane Harkey 73.3% Mark C. Patlan 26.2%

1st Supervisor District Janet Nguyen 56.6% Dina Nguyen 27.7% Hoa Van Tran 15.6%

3rd Supervisor District Bill Campbell 79.4% Donald Ritze 20.6%

County Board of Education, Trustee Area 1 Long Pham 51.1% Felix Rocha, Jr. 48.9% Superior Court, Office 4… Read More

Last night, San Bernardino County Supervisor (and former FR blogger) Brad Mitzelfelt handily avoided a run-off in securing his election victory. (In these multi-candidate skirmishes, if a candidate gets a single vote above 50%, it’s game over).

Brad’s ~62% obviously cleared that hurdle with room to spare.

So imagine his shock when the local newspaper came out this morning (at oh,4ish) withcoverage of the race included the headline "Vogler Still Has Chance At Win For County Supervisor."

Newsflash – Um, no she doesn’t.

I guess this is the High Desert’s version of "Dewey Defeats Truman."… Read More

Breaking news regarding the homosexual marriage ruling: the California Supreme Court has denied the motion to stay the court’s decision allowing homosexual marriage. This means that in just 10 days homosexuals will be allowed to legally be “married” in California. Traditional marriage advocates and many states with constitutional marriage amendments had petitioned our state’s highest court to stay their marriage decision until November when voters will decide on the Protect Marriage initiative (which just qualified yesterday). Unfortunately, the court has once again decided against the best interest of California.

If Protect Marriage passes in November, it will prompt a whole slew of new lawsuits against the state as homosexuals “married” in June-November will find their relationships in legal limbo. But it has become painfully obvious that at least four of the California Supreme Court justices would rather impose their political opinions on citizens than truly consider the long-term impact of their judicial activism. This is yet another sad day in the battle to save traditional… Read More

Without a doubt, the Republican primary for California’s Fourth Congressional District was the highest profile legislative race taking place in yesterday’s statewide elections in California. Whether you look at how the race shaped up locally, or how it was covered Inside The Beltway, the battle between conservative State Senator Tom McClintock and moderate former U.S. Representative Doug Ose was truly looked to as an election-day indicator of where the heart and soul of the GOP was, and whether Republicans want to see change in direction that their party has taken in the United States Capitol.

Despite the massive financial advantage of Doug Ose, who cracked open the family’s platinum piggy-bank to spend a staggering some of personal money, well over $3 million, McClintock was victorious last night. Not only did McClintock win, he won in what can only be characterized as a blow-out, with the… Read More

Without a doubt, the Republican primary for California’s Fourth Congressional District was the highest profile legislative race taking place in yesterday’s statewide elections in California. Whether you look at how the race shaped up locally, or how it was covered Inside The Beltway, the battle between conservative State Senator Tom McClintock and moderate former U.S. Representative Doug Ose was truly looked to as an election-day indicator of where the heart and soul of the GOP was, and whether Republicans want to see change in direction that their party has taken in the United States Capitol.

Despite the massive financial advantage of Doug Ose, who cracked open the family’s platinum piggy-bank to spend a staggering some of personal money, well over $3 million, McClintock was victorious last night. Not only did McClintock win, he won in what can only be characterized as a blow-out, with the… Read More

I think the title of this postsays it all. Thank God we’re done.

Primaries are the toughest thing ever. Friends for years end up on opposite sides and their relationships are forever strained. People get mad. People get weird. People get angry. And on and on. . . . .

I just hate Republican primaries.

Having vented – I want to say —

* Congratulations to John Benoit, the new Senator-to-be from my district. John ran a terrific campaign and his win was impressive. This was the single most hard hitting election I’ve ever witnessed. Both sides got hit – and both sides hit HARD. Anybody that wasn’t receiving the mail, hearing the radio spots and seeing the TV commercials just can’t appreciate the intensity of this campaign.

I supported Russ Bogh, and I’m sad he lost. But the primary is over and we’ll try our best to put the pieces back together again. Again, congrats John – you’ll be a fine Senator.

* Congrats to Brian Nestande – John Benoit’s replacement in the Assembly. I’ve known Brian forever. He ran a great campaign… Read More

I just returned from the Placer County Republican Party election night victory party where a jubilant crowd was celebrating Tom McClintock’s win over Doug Ose. With 70% of precincts reporting as of this posting, it appears that McClintock has won a decisive double-digit victory over Ose. Despite being outspent by millions (this was the second most expensive congressional race in U.S. history), McClintock and the conservative message won.

It was clear from the beginning of this race that the 4th CD campaign would be a microcosm of the larger battle within the Republican Party between moderates/liberals and conservatives. As Senator McClintock declared in his address to supporters tonight, the nation was watching the voters of our district, and tonight the message is clear: the conservative movement is alive and will soon spread across the nation. In his speech, McClintock boldly stated that in years to come America will look back on this evening as the beginning of a movement that will return America to its founding principles. For the sake of our nation, I hope that is true and I know that Congressman Tom McClintock will be one of the “Founding Fathers” of this… Read More