Monday, April 30, 2012
Readers, what questions should Patch ask candidates for California's new 66th Assembly District, which covers the South Bay?
Patch will be querying the candidates vying for the 66th Assembly District as the June 5 primary election campaigns shift into high gear. There is no incumbent for this race, as Assemblywoman Betsy Butler, who represents the current 53rd district that covers much of the area, has decided to run for the new seat in the 50th Assembly District. We'll be gathering biographical information and presenting the candidates with a questionnaire to help voters understand where they stand on the issues. The 66th Assembly District was redrawn to reflect population changes reported in the 2010 U.S. Census and covers most of the South Bay cities, including Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and the cities of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. We're …
Saturday, April 28, 2012
What would you like Patch to ask the candidates running for the 33rd Congressional District seat, which includes Santa Monica, Venice, the Beach Cities, Beverly Hills, Palos Verdes, Brentwood, Westwood and the Pacific Palisades.
Patch will be querying the candidates vying for the 33rd Congressional District as the June 5 primary election campaigns shift into high gear. Rep. Henry Waxman, a staunchly Democratic candidate who has served in Congress since 1975, is the front-runner and earlier this month reported having more than six times as much cash to spend then his next opponent ahead of the primary. We'll be gathering biographical information and presenting the candidates with a questionnaire to help voters understand where they stand on the issues. The 33rd Congressional District was redrawn to reflect population changes reported in the 2010 U.S. Census and now includes Beverly Hills, cuts east to Malibu and then stretches south down the coast and includes …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Democrat Al Muratsuchi and Republicans Craig Huey and Nathan Mintz are running to represent the South Bay in the newly created 66th Assembly District.
The race for the newly created 66th Assembly District is heating up, with all three candidates raking in donations. Republicans Craig Huey and Nathan Mintz, as well as Democrat Al Muratsuchi, are seeking to represent the district, which includes the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the Beach Cities and Torrance. Of the three candidates, Muratsuchi—a prosecutor and member of the Torrance Board of Education—has the most cash on hand, with $171,132.76, according to data from the California Secretary of State. He is followed by Palos Verdes businessman Huey with $73,281.13 and aerospace engineer Mintz with $27,053.04 cash on hand. During the filing period between Jan. 1 and March 22—including some late filings—Muratsuchi brought in $133,494 in total …
Monday, April 16, 2012
Rep. Henry Waxman reported having more than six times as much cash on hand as his next opponent in the election for the 33rd Congressional District.
Rep. Henry Waxman, a staunchly Democratic candidate who has served in Congress since 1975, has more than six times as much cash to spend then his next opponent ahead of the June 5 primary election for the 33rd Congressional District, according to figures released Monday by the Federal Election Commission. Waxman reported having $985,577 cash on hand at the end of the April 15 quarterly filing period, which dwarfed that of the second-leading fundraiser Steve Collett, a Libertarian, who reported cash on hand of $147,229. The reporting period covered contributions made from Jan. 1 through March 31. A total of eight candidates were certified to compete in the June primary election, but only four candidates filed their April quarterly report. …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The eight candidates include veteran congressman Henry Waxman, attorneys and businessmen. The top two vote-getters in the June primary will advance to the general election in November.
Henry Waxman, a long-serving Democratic representative, will go up against seven other candidates in the race to represent much of the Westside, South Bay and Malibu area in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2013. The California Secretary of State released the certified candidates list for the June 5 primary Thursday evening. The field includes candidates from across the newly carved out 33rd district for the U.S. House, the boundaries for which changed dramatically this summer based on 2010 Census data. Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes and the northern part of the district that included slivers of Marina del Rey and Venice has been drawn into a largely coastal district that will now also include Calabasas, …
The certified list of candidates competing in the June 5 primary election are released by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen. The 66th Assembly District includes Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes.
The California Secretary of State's office Thursday announced the certified list of candidates who will compete for the 66th Assembly District in the June 5 primary election. The 66th Assembly District includes Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes. The candidates and their official ballot designation are: The top two vote-getters in the June 5 primary election will advance to the Nov. 6 general election regardless of party preference or whether one candidate receives a majority of votes in the primary. The primary election will include elections for U.S. President, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as state Senate and state Assembly seats. As of Jan. 3, 2012, there were 253,506 registered…
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Businessman Craig Huey announces that he's seeking the new 66th Assembly District seat in the South Bay.
Craig Huey, the Torrance businessman who shocked many political analysts with a strong but ultimately unsuccessful run against Janice Hahn for the 36th District congressional seat earlier this year, will run for the newly created 66th Assembly District, which covers most of the South Bay, including the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the Beach Cities. Huey, a Republican who lives in Rolling Hills Estates, announced his intentions at a news conference outside an abandoned warehouse in Torrance on Tuesday. He was surrounded by about two dozen supporters, including his wife Shelly, at the time. "What's going on in Sacramento is killing business right now … and we're on a path that is only going to get worse," Huey said in a speech, later adding …
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
In a new YouTube video, Craig Huey announces that he will run for election in 2012, but he doesn't say for which seat.
Republican businessman Craig Huey intends to run for office in 2012, but it's not clear which office he intends to seek. In a video posted Tuesday on his YouTube channel, Huey announced his intention to run for in the upcoming election. He said he spent many hours with his wife, "talking to people, seeking wise council and praying about" the decision. Huey, who ran for Congress in a recent special election, outlined four options: not to run; to run for Congress in the newly created South Bay Congressional District 33; to run against incumbent Janice Hahn in Congressional District 44, which includes San Pedro; or to run for the newly created Assembly District 66 in the South Bay. "We are going to run for an office," he said in the video. "I…
Friday, October 14, 2011
Betsy Butler (who currently represents Manhattan Beach now in the 53rd District), Richard Bloom, and Torie Osborn voice support for the protesters.
Candidates vying for California's new 50th Assembly District, including Betsy Butler who now represents Manhattan Beach in the 53rd Assembly District, are in favor of the growing "Occupy" movement, Patch exclusively reports. The grassroots protest is railing against corporate profits, worker layoffs, the existing federal tax structure and other issues. Occupy Los Angeles was launched about two weeks ago in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street in New York, which began about a month ago. "I support Occupy Los Angeles in their efforts to peacefully demonstrate to express their values and discontent," said Assemblywoman Betsy Butler (D-Marina del Rey). "The Occupy movement has grown out of a frustration that so many hardworking Americans are not…
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The Democrat, who currently represents AD53 and Manhattan Beach, is vying for the new AD50 seat that does not include Manhattan Beach but does include Santa Monica and Malibu. Districts have new boundaries thanks to redistricting. Elections using new dist
Assemblywoman Betsy Butler (D-Marina del Rey) has entered the race for California's 50th Assembly seat, she told multiple media outlets late last week. Butler, a Democrat, currently represents AD53 that includes Manhattan Beach. She won the race for that seat in November; it was her first election. Now, Butler plans to move and is aspiring for AD50, a new district that will represent Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Malibu and West Hollywood, and not Manhattan Beach. Butler's primary opponents appear to be Torie Osborn—a liberal activist backed by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl and Sheila Kuehl, among others—and Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom. Butler, who has lived in Marina del Rey for 20 …
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