Oh well the votes are tallied and it is
time for Judge Kelly to render his verdict on the quixotic attempt by
some LBGT Democrats to gain influence in the 28th State
Senate Race. Using Equality California as their umbrella, they
endorsed GOP candidate Glenn Miller. Miller was the lesser of 3 evils
by this line of thought. The other 2 were social conservatives
current County Supervisor Jeff Stone and former Assemblyman Bonnie
Garcia. A fringe candidate Bill Carrns was also in the race on the
GOP side.
The Democratic duo in the open primary
were state party endorsed Phil Drucker and perennial candidate Anna
Nevenic
Now the strategy of Equality California
appears to have been spearheaded by Cathedral City Councilman Greg
Pettis. Using some of his supporters, he accompanied Mr. Miller to
various events in the Valley. A lot of local Democrats could not
understand this strategy. While many conceded that Mr. Drucker was
not the most charismatic of candidates, the idea of a cross party
endorsement struck some as bizarre and somewhat disloyal. The
Democrats for Miller countered that this was a GOP district and a
Republican was going to win anyway, so why not one they could work
with?
On election night, the 4 Republicans
garnered 62,960 votes while the 2 Democrats received 32,079. Mr.
Stone finished first and will face Ms. Garcia who finished 2nd
beating Mr. Miller by 449 votes. She beat Mr. Drucker by about 1500
votes. This of course is the worst case scenario for both Equality
California and local Democrats.
If Mr. Drucker had finished 2nd,
he most likely would have been easily defeated by Mr. Stone. And that
would have been that.
But because of the game playing, local
Democrats are in a bit of a pickle. In the fall there will be a huge
get out the Latino vote effort for Congressman Raul Ruiz and Assembly
candidate Eduardo Garcia. And who will also benefit from this? No
doubt Bonnie Garcia. How do like them apples Equality California?
For not thinking things through and
winding up with the worst case scenario, Judge Kelly sentences
Equality California and Greg Pettis to read Man Of The House by Tip
O'Neil and learn about how local politics should work and expand
their horizons.
By the way, Glenn Miller has already
endorsed Jeff Stone. How about that?
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