Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on Feb 17, 2006 2 Comments
Orange County’s Coastal State Senate 35th District is in the
midst of a Special Election. There are two candidates vying for the
open seat, vacated when the incumbent, John Campbell, was elected
in a special election to Congress.
Since the beginning of the year, the momentum in the race has
all been for Dana Point Councilwoman Diane Harkey (you can click
her ad on this site to find out more about her). Her opponent,
Assemblyman Tom Harmon has been relatively quiet, though presumably
his name identification from having represented a good chunk of
this district would be pretty high.
Harkey, who is quite affluent herself, has been raising money
and putting out mail pieces the old fashioned way – where the
campaign produces and mails them out.
Harmon, who has less cash-on-hand is resorting to what is
probably legal but a shady practice — pumping out taxpayer-paid-for
mail right in the midst of a special election (see the
attachment).
I think that this will backfire on Harmon, who can’t campaign as
a conservative Republican in a closely-watched primary while using
confiscated tax dollars to fund his campaign. California… Read More