Gov’s Political Agenda Rejected in 53rd A.D.
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The first bellwether for the November special election presented a gloomy outlook for Team Arnold and the Republican Party.
In the swing 53rd Assembly District, which the late Mike Gordon won by only 8 percent in 2004, Democrat Ted Lieu won an astounding 40 point victory yesterday. This is an ominous sign for the Schwarzenegger’s partisan agenda.
Lieu faced several Republican opponents, including one wealthy candidate handpicked by Republican leadership, but he ran a campaign on the issues that matter to the voters - putting partisanship aside and working to protect the environment, fighting to expand health care programs and working for cheaper prescription drugs.
During the Recall Election of 2003, 54 percent of the voters in the 53rd Assembly District supported Arnold Schwarzenegger as he promised to govern from the center and end partisan bickering. A majority of Californians agreed and Arnold was swept into office.
When the Governor was riding high in the polls, Democrat Mike Gordon defeated Republican Greg Hill by 8 percentage points in a district with 6 percent difference in Democrat/Republican registration.
That is why Ted Lieu’s astounding 40 point victory in a district with only 40 percent Democratic registration is an important harbinger of things to come. It is a blistering rejection in a swing district of the Governor's partisan style of ‘governing” and the GOP’s anti-worker, anti-education agenda.
The voters sent a clear message they are unhappy with the Governor's inability to get things done and the partisan culture he has adopted.
They are hungry for leadership on bread and butter issues that matter to them, not the empty rhetoric they’ve heard from the Governor, his surrogates and, as seen in AD 53, the GOP candidates.
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The first bellwether for the November special election presented a gloomy outlook for Team Arnold and the Republican Party.
In the swing 53rd Assembly District, which the late Mike Gordon won by only 8 percent in 2004, Democrat Ted Lieu won an astounding 40 point victory yesterday. This is an ominous sign for the Schwarzenegger’s partisan agenda.
Lieu faced several Republican opponents, including one wealthy candidate handpicked by Republican leadership, but he ran a campaign on the issues that matter to the voters - putting partisanship aside and working to protect the environment, fighting to expand health care programs and working for cheaper prescription drugs.
During the Recall Election of 2003, 54 percent of the voters in the 53rd Assembly District supported Arnold Schwarzenegger as he promised to govern from the center and end partisan bickering. A majority of Californians agreed and Arnold was swept into office.
When the Governor was riding high in the polls, Democrat Mike Gordon defeated Republican Greg Hill by 8 percentage points in a district with 6 percent difference in Democrat/Republican registration.
That is why Ted Lieu’s astounding 40 point victory in a district with only 40 percent Democratic registration is an important harbinger of things to come. It is a blistering rejection in a swing district of the Governor's partisan style of ‘governing” and the GOP’s anti-worker, anti-education agenda.
The voters sent a clear message they are unhappy with the Governor's inability to get things done and the partisan culture he has adopted.
They are hungry for leadership on bread and butter issues that matter to them, not the empty rhetoric they’ve heard from the Governor, his surrogates and, as seen in AD 53, the GOP candidates.
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