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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Congressman John Campbell

Congrats to the newest member of the US House of Representatives. In a way, Campbell limped across the finish line (which isn't too surprising, considering his candidacy didn't get anybody hot-and-bothered with the exception of Hugh Hewitt), but he did fight off some reasonable competition in the process. I'm sure his handlers are shaking their heads over the percentage point he lost between the primary and general (and of course his showing in the primary was - at least for some - disappointing to begin with). But in the end, it doen't matter one bit - their man now sits in one of the most powerful seats in congress.

Two things that jump out at me: the embarrassing defeat for Gilchrist, finishing well behind an amnesty advocating Democrat, and the extraordinarily poor showing of the Libertarian Party in both the primary and general (Cohen couldn't even pull %1 of the vote in either). You'd think the LP would have a decent following in OC, especially in a race featuring an unimpressive "bona-fide" conservative and a venom-spewing, anti-immigration freakshow.
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