In 2005, Kid Oakland famously wrote that everybody ought to care about the race for Congress in California's CD-11. He argued that then Congressman Richard Pombo's well-known anti-environmental views and plans could damage the whole country.
Pombo lost in 2006. But he's back and running again in another district. And he's raised millions of dollars to support another run.
So once again, everybody needs to care about what's happening in California's CD-19. And you need to do it NOW!
Les Marsden won the Democratic endorsement in this district. But his campaign is struggling because of dirty tricks from his primary opponent.
Though Loraine Goodwin formerly ran for governor as an independent, she's now running for Congress as a Democrat. On the ballot, here's what voters see:
Loraine Goodwin
Physician/Attorney/Trustee
or
Les Marsden
Planning Commissioner/Educator
Attorney may sound like someone who's well-trained, and a voter may very well select her on that basis alone. But not only is she NOT an attorney, but she has been reprimanded for unethically using that title in the past--a title to which she has NO claim. She went to law school, but never passed the bar. It's also possible that she may not be board-certified in the medical practices in which she's engaged (weight-management and dermatology.)
If Goodwin wins the nomination because voters don't take the time to research her claims, there's little doubt that Democrats will lose this seat. Richard Pombo and his big-money backers will make mincemeat of her.
The last time she did this--in the 2006 election for Madera School Board, she won by a mere 7 votes. When she was forced to admit the truth--that she in fact is NOT an attorney--AFTER the election, there were outraged calls for her ouster by the very people who had voted for her. Which she ignored. We must NOT allow this to happen again.
Get involved before it's too late. Visit http://marsdenforcongress.com and find out how.
Or we may all live in Richard Pombo's district again.