[EL] Hahn "more moderate" than Bowen?

[Richard Winger]

I don't agree with the idea that Janice Hahn is "more moderate" than Debra Bowen.  The chief difference between them is that almost all the labor unions support Hahn.  On issues, there is virtually no difference between them.  If there is any type of candidate that makes California Republican activists and politicians upset, it is the type of candidate who is beholden to unions, especially unions representing government employees.

--- On Wed, 5/18/11, David Segal <davidadamsegal at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: David Segal <davidadamsegal at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [EL] Wow -- Repub Huey bests Bowen for top two in CA-36
To: rhasen at law.uci.edu, law-election at uci.edu
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 12:10 AM





 
I suppose this means that in this case both: 

1) The general election emulates what likely would've come to pass had the same candidates been divvied up by party in traditional primaries

AND 

2) The ultimate victor will comport with what we'd have expected from the anticipated top-two Hahn vs Bowen contest (if we're reducing it to a two-dimensional left-right axis) with Hahn, the more moderate candidate, winning the seat.
From: davidadamsegal at hotmail.com
To: rhasen at law.uci.edu; law-election at uci.edu
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 06:53:55 +0000
Subject: [EL] Wow -- Repub Huey bests Bowen for top two in CA-36



 
 

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In case anybody's awake, unofficial results w 100% reporting.  Almost 40% of votes cast went to Republicans.  

-David Segal (variously of FairVote, Change Congress, and NPV)

http://rrcc.co.la.ca.us/elect/11051110/rr1110pa.html-ssi
  JANICE HAHN            DEM                                13,137    24.66 
   CRAIG HUEY             REP                                11,648    21.87 
   DEBRA BOWEN            DEM                                11,442    21.48 
   MARCY WINOGRAD         DEM                                 5,066     9.51 
   MIKE GIN               REP                                 4,145     7.78 
   MIKE WEBB              REP                                 3,148     5.91 
   PATRICK BOBKO          REP                                 1,954     3.67 
   STEVE COLLETT          LIB                                   738     1.39 
   STEPHEN EISELE         REP                                   660     1.24 
   DANIEL H ADLER         DEM                                   285     0.54 
   LORAINE GOODWIN        DEM                                   260     0.49 
   MARIA E MONTANO        PF                                    252     0.47 
   GEORGE NEWBERRY        REP                                   198     0.37 
   MATTHEW ROOZEE         NP                                    132     0.25 
   KATHERINE PILOT        NP                                    108     0.20 
   MICHAEL T CHAMNESS     NP                                     93     0.17 
                                                                             
TOTAL PRECINCTS        261            PRECINCTS REPORTING       261   100.00 
REGISTRATION       345,232                                                 
 		 	   		  

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