It’s not who, anymore, it’s Huey on 36th District ballot

Republican Craig Huey

Craig Huey told the Republican Party Lincoln Club in April that he was prepared to spend $800,00 on the primary to pay for 10 mailers. Photo

Republican candidate Craig Huey, of Rancho Palos Verdes, has  upset Democratic  candidate and California Secretary of State Debra Bowen to claim a runoff position in the July 12 special election for the 36th Congressional District seat. Huey held a 202-vote lead over Bowen on election night, with approximately 9,000 absentee and provisional ballots remaining to be counted.

Democrat Janice Hahn, a Los Angeles City Councilwoman from San Pedro, finished first on election night. Under California’s new open primary law, the top two finishers, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election.

The seat was vacated in February by Democrat Jane Harman, who resigned to head a Washington think tank.

On Thursday, Bowen conceded the second spot on the ballot to Huey. With most of the late ballots counted, Huey’s lead over Bowen had grown to over 700 votes.

Huey contributed $500,000 to his campaign. He is president of JudgeVotersGuide.com, LAvoterGuide.com and ElectionForum.org. LAvoter serves conservative voters and Election Forum serves religious voters, Huey told members Los Angeles County Lincoln Club during a debate in April with five fellow Republican candidates.

36th Congressional District vote count, as of 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19.

   JANICE HAHN      DEM  15,607    24.62
   CRAIG HUEY       REP  14,096    22.24
   DEBRA BOWEN      DEM  13,346    21.05
   Marcy WINOGRAD   DEM  5,894     9.30
   MIKE GIN         REP  4,981     7.86
   MIKE WEBB        REP  3,890     6.14
   PATRICK BOBKO    REP  2,291     3.61
   STEVE COLLETT    LIB  891     1.41
   STEPHEN EISELE   REP  782     1.23
   DANIEL H ADLER   DEM  355     0.56
   MARIA E MONTANO  PF   324     0.51
   LORAINE GOODWIN  DEM  319     0.50
   GEORGE NEWBERRY  REP  231     0.36
   MATTHEW ROOZEE   NP   156     0.25
   KATHERINE PILOT  NP   125     0.20
   MICHAEL T CHAMNESS  NP  106     0.17

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