Post by Logan on Jan 31, 2016 23:29:36 GMT -6
Why activists in these California swing districts are feuding with the national Democratic Party
Lou Vince had been meeting with local Democratic Party activists for months, building a campaign to take on Rep. Steve Knight (R-Lancaster) when he got a phone call from Lee Rogers, the Democrat who had run in the swing district twice before.
Rogers was passing along a message from a member of the Democratic Party in Washington and two members of Congress, including Rep. Zoe Lofgren, chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation: Would Vince consider dropping out of the race?
Vince, a Los Angeles Police Department lieutenant and Agua Dulce town councilman, had reported raising a lackluster $26,649 over the previous seven months while a new candidate, attorney Bryan Caforio, had just entered the race, boasting a roughly $50,000 haul in his first week alone.
"They said, 'See if you can talk to him about whether or not he is willing to get out of the race because we want to have a viable candidate in the race,'" Rogers told The Times.
Read more: www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-lou-vince-bryan-caforio-20160131-story.html
Lou Vince had been meeting with local Democratic Party activists for months, building a campaign to take on Rep. Steve Knight (R-Lancaster) when he got a phone call from Lee Rogers, the Democrat who had run in the swing district twice before.
Rogers was passing along a message from a member of the Democratic Party in Washington and two members of Congress, including Rep. Zoe Lofgren, chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation: Would Vince consider dropping out of the race?
Vince, a Los Angeles Police Department lieutenant and Agua Dulce town councilman, had reported raising a lackluster $26,649 over the previous seven months while a new candidate, attorney Bryan Caforio, had just entered the race, boasting a roughly $50,000 haul in his first week alone.
"They said, 'See if you can talk to him about whether or not he is willing to get out of the race because we want to have a viable candidate in the race,'" Rogers told The Times.
Read more: www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-lou-vince-bryan-caforio-20160131-story.html