
Dan Branstine-Democratic Primary Loser
In 1986 I was 23 years old. Two years earlier I had cast my first vote in a Presidential election. It was for Ronald Reagan, the greatest President on the 20th Century. The reason for the history lesson is to say that I knew I was a Republican in 1986.
Also in 1986 there was a Democratic primary for the 54th Assembly District, won by Ed Waters the son radical leftist Congresswomen Maxine Waters. Again you must ask, why are you telling me this? Here is why. In that Democratic Primary Waters beat a 31 year old Lakewood City Councilman named Dan Branstine. Yes the same Dan Branstine that is currently running in the Republican primary for the 66th Assembly District.
This was not the first time Branstine ran in a Democrat primary. In 1979 he ran for the State Senate in a special election. He lost that race too.
The funny thing is that if you go to Branstine’s web sitehttp://www.dan2006.com/ there is nothing written about these two failed runs as a Democrat. I guess Mr. Branstine has a very selective memory about his past. It makes you wonder what else he may be… Read More