Senate Race: Who Is The Best Republican To Beat Kamala?

[otteray]

I read a lot of chatter here about the next Governor race in 2018. But what about this year's all important Senate race?
Who, of the declared Republican candidates, has any chance at winning? Is there a complete lack of name recognition?None of their names ring a bell.

[Alan Block]

Loretta Sanchez is the only Repub in the race right now. She is currently in the HoR.

[otteray]

Loretta Sanchez is the only Repub in the race right now. She is currently in the HoR.

She's a Demorat!
I was asking about Republicans

[DVSmith]

It is pretty hard to see how a Republican wins statewide in California these days. Even well funded liberal Republicans fail. The Republican party just doesn't appeal to the population pockets that dominate California. Until that changes, having a Republican on the ballot is just to keep the CAGOP from admitting they are almost irrelevant.

[BluNorthern]

I got nuthin'...and I've been giving this very question some thought for awhile now.



How sad is that?

[otteray]

Here is a list of declared candidates.

http://california.state-election.info/

Oops, Maybe this is just for reelection of their respective offices.

[The Gleam]

I'm very much hoping Kamala Harassment wins the seat. She will have less powers for her Anti-2nd Amendment agenda there than here. As CA Attorney General, while not able to make legislation, she has had an overpowering hand in abusing her role to bitterly scalp gun owners and apply her mark of Anti-2nd Amendment agenda and enforcement beyond reason. She has even gone out of that role of typically remaining neutral to support Anti-2nd Amendment legislation in writing as well as Newom's NeoSocialist initiative.

Can't wait to see her leave.

[Milsurp Collector]

It's pretty hard for a Democrat to lose a US Senate or any statewide election in California.

1968
Alan Cranston (D) 51.8%
Max Rafferty (R) 46.9%

1974
Alan Cranston (D) 60.5%
H. L. Richardson (R) 36.2%

1980
Alan Cranston (D) 4,705,399 56.5%
Paul Gann (D) 3,093,426 37.2%

1986
Alan Cranston (D) 3,646,672 49.3%
Ed Zschau (R) 3,541,804 47.9%

1992
Dianne Feinstein (D) 5,853,651 54.29%
John F. Seymour (R) 4,093,501 37.96%

Barbara Boxer (D) 5,173,467 47.90%
Bruce Herschensohn (R) 4,644,182 43.00%

1994 (the year of sweeping Republican gains in the Congress)
Dianne Feinstein (D) 3,979,152 46.74%
Michael Huffington (R) 3,817,025 44.83%

1998
Barbara Boxer (D) 4,411,705 53.1%
Matt Fong (R) 3,576,351 43.0%

2000
Dianne Feinstein (D) 5,932,522 55.84%
Tom Campbell (R) 3,886,853 36.59%

2004
Barbara Boxer (D) 6,955,728 57.7%
Bill Jones (R) 4,555,922 37.8%

2006
Dianne Feinstein (D) 5,076,289 59.43%
Richard Mountjoy (R) 2,990,822 35.02%

2010
Barbara Boxer (D) 5,218,441 52.2%
Carly Fiorina (R) 4,217,366 42.2%

2012
Dianne Feinstein (D) 7,864,624 62.5%
Elizabeth Emken (R) 4,713,887 37.5%

US Senate elections have not been competitive in California for more than 20 years.

In 1999 there were 6.7 million registered Democrats and 5.1 million registered Republicans.

In 2016 there are 7.4 million registered Democrats (an increase of 700,000 since 1999) and 4.7 million registered Republicans (a decrease of 400,000 since 1999). No party preference has increased from 1.9 million to 4.1 million since 1999. Democrats have a 2.7 million voter advantage over Republicans in California. A California Republican candidate would have to capture more than half of the independent vote just to be competitive in a statewide election.

[BigStiCK]

Born & raised in San Diego. Been all over the world. Theres no place more beautiful than California. No place I'd rather live.

But its time to go.

[Ripon83]

It would be nice to get Condi Rice to run against Harris.

[Friesland]

"It would be nice to get Condi Rice to run against Harris."

[diverwcw]

I'd vote for camel toe harris just to get her the eff out of this state.

[Ford8N]

Number one, massively huge problem the Republicans have is they can't shut their pie hole about ABORTION!!!! STFU! It's a mega fail issue in California.

[waawaaweenie]

I'm very much hoping Kamala Harassment wins the seat. She will have less powers for her Anti-2nd Amendment agenda there than here. As CA Attorney General, while not able to make legislation, she has had an overpowering hand in abusing her role to bitterly scalp gun owners and apply her mark of Anti-2nd Amendment agenda and enforcement beyond reason. She has even gone out of that role of typically remaining neutral to support Anti-2nd Amendment legislation in writing as well as Newom's NeoSocialist initiative.

Can't wait to see her leave.

only to be replaced by someone worse

[dustoff31]

Number one, massively huge problem the Republicans have is they can't shut their pie hole about ABORTION!!!! STFU! It's a mega fail issue in California.

That is an issue, but Republicans talk about all kinds of things that equally annoy most people in CA. Which is pretty much anything that a Democrat doesn't say.