In the next few weeks there are a number of campaigns that could use help in turning out the vote before their April 13th election date.  Below sre candidates who I have all heard speak publicly about their candidacy and who have received the endorsements and/or support (when bylaws forbid endorsements) of their local Republican organizations.

 

In the 43rd Assembly District, which primarily consists of Burbank and Glendale, there is a Special Election to fill a seat left open when Paul Krekorian decided to run for L.A. City Council in a prior special election. The only Republican in the field is businessman and philanthropist Sunder Ramani. He is known in the communities as the go to guy when you need money raised for a charity and is a member of numerous clubs and both Chambers of Commerce. He is focusing his campaign on more jobs by lowering taxes and regulatory costs.  This is one of the seats where the registration margin is close enough to make a typically low turnout special election upset a possibility, the key as always will be in turnout.
http://ramaniforassembly.com/home.html

 

Whittier Mayor Pro Tem Greg Nordbak is also running for re-election with the same election day. He is the only Republican in the race and is a pro-small business conservative. http://www.gregnordbak.com/

 

A little bit closer to Cerritos there are a number of races up for grabs in Long Beach.

 

City Attorney - Tom Reeves, LB City Prosecutor http://tomreeves4cityattorney.com
City Prosecutor - Tim O'Reilly, #2 in LB City Prosecutor's office http://www.oreillyforprosecutor.com
City Council District 1 - Jana Shields http://www.janashields.com
City Council District 3 - Gary De Long, current incumbent http://garydelong.com
City Council District 5 - Mike Hedges http://www.electmikehedges.com/

 
All are Republicans who I have heard speak.
 
Tom Reeves is the current City Prosecutor and is running to clean up city hall from the City Attorney position.
 
Tim O'Reilly is Reeves' top deputy, currently runs the office and is running for the office his current boss is leaving vacant.
 
For all 3 Republican Lon Beach City Council Candidates, I am officially endorsing, getting the city budget and pension obligations under control are major campaign themes.

Jana Shields is probably the most outwardly conservative of this group of Republicans, but also faces the steepest hill to climb against Democrat incumbent Robert Garcia who use to be the President of an earlier incarnation of the Long Beach Young Republicans. Robert Garcia also has ties within the Log Cabin Republicans and the New Majority.  He used this background and those connections to confuse Republican voters in the district and to beat Bonnie Lowenthal's boyfriend Democrat Evan Braude, Republican Jana Shields, and 3 other candidates in a previous special election to fill this seat Bonnie Lowenthal vacated when she became a member of the State Assembly. These are the only 2 candidates in this race.  This district is near downtown Long Beach just above Ocean Blvd.
 
Gary De Long is running for re-election to the 3rd District seat.  This district includes the neighborhoods of Naples and Belmont Shore and is one of the two districts bordering Orange County.
 
Mike Hedges is running against the Orange County Democrat Party's Executive Director, incumbent Gerrie Schipske who is a liberal representing a district previously represented by moderately conservative Republican Doug Drummond. This district is just south of the city of Lakewood and is the other of the two districts bordering Orange County.

 

Any help you can give to any of these campaigns on or before April 13th can help in us either maintaining what we have or better yet removing seat away from Democrat control, thus building up the Republican bench in the coming years.

 

We will also be seeking volunteers to help with voter registration.  Joan Pylman has volunteered to head up this operation, if you wish to help out call her at 562-865-6592 or email her at mojopylman@hotmail.com. 

 

P.S.  The 56th AD Republican Central Committee is in the process of putting together our precinct operations.  If interested in participating please contact either myself (email: mskauble@hotmail.com; phone 562-743-1855) or Roger Garrett (email: mrupac@aol.com; phone: 562-843-1251).