Steve Baric
Rancho Santa Margarita Councilman Steve Baric is taking himself out of the race for State Assembly in the 73rd Assembly District (South Orange County), according to Allen Wilson over at the OC Political blog.
Baric’s exit leaves his colleague, Rancho Santa Margarita Councilman Jesse Petrilla, CUSD Trustee Anna Bryson, and former Harkey employee Bill Brough as the Republican candidates and Wendy Gabriella as the sole Democrat in the race.
Baric’s endorsement would actually have some value now – and you have to wonder if he will give it to Petrilla or to one of the other candidates. Update: we just recieved an email from Petrilla announcing that Baric is appearing at an event with him:
RSM City Council Member and former candidate for Assembly District 73, Steve Baric, will be joining our event this Thursday evening in Coto de Caza for my campaign for State Assembly. If you have not RSVPed yet, please call 949-939-1928
Details are below.
If you are unable to attend, please consider making a generous contribution to:
Jesse Petrilla for Assembly
P.O. Box 80325
RSM, CA 92688
Bryson and Gabriella will vie for women voters and both have backgrounds in education as Gabriella is a teacher at Irvine Valley College.
The primary is a top two open election. Gabriella should make it to the general election as there are so many Republican candidates splitting up the vote.
Brough’s connection to Harkey is a negative. Petrilla seems to lack experience while Bryson has it in spades. This really will come down to who can raise more money and make a better case to the voters. Bryson and Petrilla have the most name identification, while Brough and Gabriella are lacking in that area.
Steve Baric is attending the Petrilla fundraiser, but not endorsing Petrilla. Art, you need to amend your statement that Baric is supporting Petrilla.
Baric is likewise attending my wife Anna Bryson’s fundraiser 5-7 pm at the Mission Viejo Country Club, Oct. 10.
Thanks Bill. I will fix that tomorrow.
Bryson was not even endorsed by her co-trustees on the CUSD board. Jim Reardon and Ellen Addonizio both endorsed Bill Brough. Although, for the longest time Brough had her listed as Annonizio on his page of endorsements. I suppose as long as it was an endorsement from someone holding office, who cares if you even know them, right?
Baric is attending two fundraisers? Wow, way to keep your options open. Whoever yields the most profit for him, wins.
Guilt by association works well, I suppose. Say, has Bryson ever endorsed Harkey?
Good question. An endorsement is one thing though. Brough worked for Harkey.
So it is like if you were in a room with someone who had sex with that one person, you had sex with all the persons that person had sex with.
We aren’t concerned about who is sleeping with whom. We consider Harkey to be corrupt and Brough was her Chief of Staff. Unless he denounces her that will hurt his chances.
Did you consider Harkey to be corrupt when she ran against that self-proclaimed Reagan Democrat Corbett?
Say, I have an idea. It was not long ago that Ury endorsed Harkey (July-ish?) and now is running against her. Is there a way to condemn and praise him, preferably simultaneously, for either making that endorsement and changing it?
Damnit, here are the libertarian candidates?
I endorsed Corbett.
Yes, but did you consider Harkey corrupt then?
Also, does that mean endorsements mean something when they come from someone?
I have considered her corrupt for many years.
We dislike Ury too.
FTFY