Chris Nguyen, over at the Republican OC Political blog, spent a lot of time breaking down the vote in the 69th Assembly District, in the June 5 primary. It turns out that corporate Democrat Tom Daly won in Anaheim and in Santa Ana, which is no surprise as he spent a fortune and his friends in Sacramento and Anaheim spent even more.
Daly also benefited from being the only white candidate in a pool of Latino candidates. But the other story of note is that liberal union hack Julio Perez, who grew up in Anaheim, completely failed in that city. Republican candidate Jose Moreno, who barely ran a campaign, totally whacked Perez in Anaheim.
Moreno also took enough votes from Perez in Santa Ana to deny him an opportunity to advance to the November general election.
Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez did poorly in Anaheim, Orange and Garden Grove. But she also got beat in Santa Ana, where she only did OK in the center of the city.
That is not suprising as Perez attacked Martinez without mercy. She really didn’t fire back, nor did she go after Daly. In fact none of the candidates went after Daly. They should have.
It is interesting to parse the election results to such an extent but the bottom line is that Perez lost – and as I have pointed out in another post, he lost in the end because his fellow Democrat, Francisco Barragan, took 605 votes – just enough to ensure that Perez would lose.
Barragan, according to Nguyen was the worst candidate in every city in the district. And, as I have previously written, his loss may well have set a record for futility in California legislative races.
The real question we need to ponder now is whether or not the Republican Party of Orange County will back their candidate, Moreno, in November. It is pretty obvious that Nguyen and company are total Daly hacks. That too is not a surprise given that longtime machine Republican John Lewis is backing Daly.
And Martinez failed to win her hometown. These posts that vilify one candidate you hate while ignoring the candidate you love make you look dumb admin
But your poor reading comprehension doesn’t make you look good at all. Here is what I wrote in this very post:
Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez did poorly in Anaheim, Orange and Garden Grove. But she also got beat in Santa Ana, where she only did OK in the center of the city.
Martinez spent a lot less than Perez. And as I have written before in other posts, she made a mistake by not going after Daly. But at the end of the day she is still an elected official with two more years on the Santa Ana City Council. Perez? Back to the drawing board for that guy.
Looking back at the Perezy mythology he was made up to be some sort of champion of the working people in Anaheim. But on election day they either voted for Daly or for Moreno. Fail!
“And as I have written before in other posts, she made a mistake by not going after Daly”………… Hmmmmm
What you have wrote before was wrong.
It would be stupid for Martinez to go after the guy in primary who can outspend her 10:1.
The fact is that Martinez conducted mediocre campaign with mediocre staff without any strategy relating to open primary.
In last six years she did not learn anything about how to conduct herself to win.
I have gave here an advise and she did not even known what am I talking about — so?
I do not think that she will ever win anything — maybe Rocco style.
I should add that she is flaming pro youth progressive Obama democrat and such she is finished.
If Perez failed, Martinez failed worse. She lost badly in Santa Ana. There is nothing wrong with my reading comprehension but a lot wrong with your logic.
I’ll tell you what, when the candidates’ campaign financial statements are released I will go back and figure out how much each candidate spent per vote, including IE expenditures. I guarantee you that Perez will have spent the second most per vote (Daly spent more) and the results were that he failed to make the top two.
Had Perez stayed out of this race Martinez would have made the Top Two and would have easily won in November. Instead they both get to stay home and it will be Jose Moreno facing off against Daly.
And, as I have already stated, Martinez will continue to serve in public office for two more years. Perez on the other hand is already looking for some other race to run in, according to my sources. Bet he will lose that one too!