Crossposted on Calitics
That's right, in this reddest of red California districts, Mike Lumpkin has managed to turn this into a competitive race. Having raised over $300,000 to date, a record for any Democratic candidate in the history of this district, the retired Navy SEAL is turning this into a serious contest.
Mike recently received an endorsement from Hillary Clinton, adding to the already impressive list of endorsements (I think they need to update that page) along with an upcoming joint fundraiser she'll hold for Mike with Bob Kerrey. The DCCC will soon be listing this as an emerging race, and if the campaign can raise enough money, will be added to their Red To Blue list.
But that's the hard part, as the campaign needs to raise an additional $300,000 in the next 30 days. No telling if that can happen, it's certainly an uphill climb. But without a doubt, this is a great opportunity. Do we really want the spawn of Duncan Hunter to inherit his father's seat? A guy who only won his primary because people thought they were voting for his dad. Is that really what Congress needs more of? Fortunately, there's a great alternative to that, there's Mike Lumpkin. If you'd like to learn more about him, he answered some questions for me awhile back, which you can read here.
And if you feel so inclined, here's Mike's ActBlue page.