Friday, April 28, 2006
Little News from the Feinstein Race
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/19/BAGIPIBA4K1.DTL
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/atoz/article_1107917.php
There has not been a significant amount of news in the past two weeks concerning the California Senatorial race between incumbent Dianne Feinstein and Former State Senator Richard Mountjoy. In fact, this article on SFGate.com from the San Francisco Chronicle mentions that Feinstein continues to have a sizeable lead on Mountjoy. A field poll determined that 59% of voters prefer Feinstein while only 31% support Mountjoy(According to Mark Martin in the San Francisco Chronicle, April 19th , 2006). While Dianne Feinstein has been all over the place in the news, her Senatorial race has not. The Orange County register did report that Feinstein has raised $9 million for this campaign and has spent $2.9 million so far. Richard Mountjoy has not reported his campaign funds. Feinstein will also be contending against two democrats in the June 6th primary. Martin Luther Church (retired) and Colleen Fernald (artist) will be contending for the Democratic spot that Feinstein should sweep. Her campaign manager, Kam Kuwata, said "Whether or not her opponents raise and spend any money, the senator will be campaigning and running media ads (According to Dena Bunis of the Orange County Register, April 18th, 2006). Financially, Feinstein is in the driver's seat of this campaign and she seems pretty confident.
http://www.ksby.com/home/headlines/2655601.html
I found this article particularly interesting. Dianne Feinstein visited the Central coast and talked about what she plans to do if she wins her campaign reelection bid. She declared that she would fight all offshore oil drilling proposed by big oil companies. Inside she received huge ovations, but outside protestors were furious about her stance on immigration (According to Bryan Hahn of KSBY, April 18th, 2006). As mentioned in an earlier blog, Feinstein has flip-flopped on this issue and some are starting to take notice. Many of her supporters are upset with the stance she has taken and have decided to let her know. I am glad to see this happening. It is unfortunate that there is no one to contend with her in the Senatorial race, but at least her supporters are letting her have it.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/atoz/article_1107917.php
There has not been a significant amount of news in the past two weeks concerning the California Senatorial race between incumbent Dianne Feinstein and Former State Senator Richard Mountjoy. In fact, this article on SFGate.com from the San Francisco Chronicle mentions that Feinstein continues to have a sizeable lead on Mountjoy. A field poll determined that 59% of voters prefer Feinstein while only 31% support Mountjoy(According to Mark Martin in the San Francisco Chronicle, April 19th , 2006). While Dianne Feinstein has been all over the place in the news, her Senatorial race has not. The Orange County register did report that Feinstein has raised $9 million for this campaign and has spent $2.9 million so far. Richard Mountjoy has not reported his campaign funds. Feinstein will also be contending against two democrats in the June 6th primary. Martin Luther Church (retired) and Colleen Fernald (artist) will be contending for the Democratic spot that Feinstein should sweep. Her campaign manager, Kam Kuwata, said "Whether or not her opponents raise and spend any money, the senator will be campaigning and running media ads (According to Dena Bunis of the Orange County Register, April 18th, 2006). Financially, Feinstein is in the driver's seat of this campaign and she seems pretty confident.
http://www.ksby.com/home/headlines/2655601.html
I found this article particularly interesting. Dianne Feinstein visited the Central coast and talked about what she plans to do if she wins her campaign reelection bid. She declared that she would fight all offshore oil drilling proposed by big oil companies. Inside she received huge ovations, but outside protestors were furious about her stance on immigration (According to Bryan Hahn of KSBY, April 18th, 2006). As mentioned in an earlier blog, Feinstein has flip-flopped on this issue and some are starting to take notice. Many of her supporters are upset with the stance she has taken and have decided to let her know. I am glad to see this happening. It is unfortunate that there is no one to contend with her in the Senatorial race, but at least her supporters are letting her have it.
# posted by Andrew O'Malley @ 9:08 PM 
