
Democrat Party Feud Still Simmering In San Bernardino County
Later today, Assemblymember Gloria Negrete McLeod will be sworn in as the new state senator for the 32nd State Senate District. After six years of doing time on the “green carpet,” the three-term lawmaker will soon be crossing over to serve in the upper house of the State Legislature.
Negrete McLeod’s transition from the Assembly to the Senate is a relative surprise – many observers had pegged her as merely an inconvenient obstacle to a possible dynasty involving Inland Empire Congressman Joe Baca and his family. (Negrete McLeod’s Democrat Senate Primary opponent this election cycle was one-term Assemblymember Joe Baca Jr., the Congressman’s eldest son.)
Indeed, Assemblymember Gloria Negrete McLeod emerged as the winner of a June 2006 Senate primary after a campaign in which few of their mutual liberal philosophies and respective legislative voting records were analyzed and vetted. So, in a contest where there were few ideological differences, both campaigns tried hard to find areas of contrast.
One of those areas of… Read More