SOS candidate to publicly finance her campaign
California state senator Debra Bowen – and oh, by the way, candidate for Secretary of State – is getting a jumpstart on the idea of campaign public financing.
And who can blame her. With a paltry $140K cash on hand in her campaign account, she is significantly behind her opponent, current Secretary of State Bruce McPherson who has nearly $600K in his campaign account, per the most recent filing information. Members of the state legislature find themselves in a bully-pulpit-conundrum when it comes to summertime campaigning. You see, when the legislative session adjourns for the summer as it is scheduled to do on August 31st, legislators lose what little spotlight they can crawl under. So despite the fact that Sen. Bowen is Chair of the Senate Committee on Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments, there’s not much she can do with the committee to draw attention to herself after Labor Day. A real bully-pulpit-conundrum.
Bowen is industrious, though, and in true do-it-yourself form (on the taxpayer’s dime), built her own bully pulpit from which to reach the masses. With hammer and nails, and a few winks and nods,… Read More