CA-16: 1, 2, 3, & 4: The battle to claim the second general election position in California’s open 16th Congressional District continues to drag on and now the election officials are determining if provisional and late arriving ballots should be added to the aggregate count. An estimated 400+ ballots are in this category.
The current standing finds San Mateo County Supervisor and former state Senator Joe Simitian (D) now leading Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) by a mere four votes, 30, 222 to 30, 218. This small number is an increase for Simitian from his previous one vote edge. Previously, Mr. Low held two and three vote leads from a pair of released counts. Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo (D) has already clinched the first general election finalist position. The Secretary of State has until April 12th to certify all March 5th primary elections and it is likely determining the second place finisher here will consume the entire time allotment. Whoever is declared the loser once all ballots are tabulated will obviously call for a recount. Should the race for second place end in a tie, both contenders would advance into the general election against Mr. Liccardo. Incumbent Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Atherton) is retiring. CO-5: State Chairman Advances to GOP Primary: Local Republican delegates in Colorado’s open 5th District met over the weekend in their nominating convention. With Rep. Douglas Lamborn (R-Colorado Springs) retiring, the seat becomes open for the first time in 18 years. Counting his time in the state legislature, Mr. Lamborn will leave elective office at the beginning of next year after serving 30 consecutive years. The delegates, with a 70.4% vote, propelled Colorado Republican Party chairman Dave Williams into the general election. A candidate must receive at least 30% of the vote to automatically advance. Falling below the lower threshold requires a candidate to access the ballot by submitting 1,500 valid petition signatures. Therefore, the only other announced GOP candidate for the seat, radio talk show host and former two time congressional candidate Jeff Crank, must circulate petitions in order to compete in the June 25th Republican primary. The FiveThirtyEight data organization rates CO-5 as R+18. Then-President Donald Trump carried the seat in 2020 with a 53.2 – 43.1% majority vote. Therefore, the eventual Republican nominee will become a definitive favorite for the general election. With the candidate filing deadline fast approaching on April 1st, seven Democrats are announced contenders. NY-1: Santos Leaves GOP: After declaring earlier this month that he would challenge freshman Republican Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Suffolk County) in the GOP primary, on Friday the expelled Congressman announced he would leave the Republican Party and campaign for the 1st District congressional seat as an Independent. In a written statement, Mr. Santos said, “the Republican Party continues to lie and swindle its voter base. I, in good conscience, cannot affiliate myself with a party that stands for nothing and falls for everything.” It is unlikely that Mr. Santos will be a factor in the general election for the Independence Party, or any other ballot line. Any votes he does attract, however, would likely come from Mr. LaLolta’s base, thus allowing the eventual Democratic nominee, either 2020 congressional nominee Nancy Goroff or former CNN news anchor John Avlon, to potentially gain support from these disaffected Republicans. WI-8: Rep. Gallagher to Resign in April: In February, four-term US Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Green Bay) announced that he would not seek a fifth term this year. On Friday, Mr. Gallagher reiterated his plan to leave Congress, and will do so earlier than expected. The Congressman indicated he will resign from the House on April 19th. Leaving at that point in April does not allow the state to replace him with an early special election to fill the balance of the term instead of waiting until the November election. Therefore, Republicans will be another seat down until the regular general. Mr. Gallagher becomes the sixth House member to resign during this session of Congress in addition to Rep. George Santos (R-NY), who was expelled from the body. Comments are closed.
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