Craig Huey,  Janice Hahn

CA-36: GOP Looking for an Upset in the Craig Huey Vs. Janice Hahn Race?

Los Angeles City Council Member Janice Hahn and GOP Congressional Nominee and businessman Craig Huey

Yes, of course and if not tomorrow then in 2012 when the Congressional District boundaries change to include more Republicans.

Coastal California is Democratic turf, where the party often rolls up landslide victories for its candidates. In 2008, President Barack Obama scored a 31-point win in the 36th Congressional District, which runs from the famous Venice boardwalk through the beaches south of Los Angeles International Airport.

But this is a different year.

In a season of turbulent politics, a little-noticed runoff election Tuesday for the House seat vacated by former Democratic Rep. Jane Harman has become unusually competitive.

Supporters for the Democratic candidate, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, are jittery, while Republicans see a potential upset in the making for businessman Craig Huey, who owns marketing and advertising companies and has largely bankrolled his campaign with at least $795,000 in personal funds.

“This is the West Coast’s ‘Scott Brown moment,'” the conservative California Republican Assembly wrote to supporters in an email Friday, referring to the Republican senator’s upset in Massachusetts last year. Brown won a special election for the Senate seat long held by Democratic Party icon Edward M. Kennedy.

I predict this race will be very close with Huey squeeking out a 2 point victory. But, the reality is the Democrats have a 14 point registration advantage which WILL narrow in a year’s time.

So, if Huey does not upset Hahn tomorrow, he will be back with MORE GOP Party support in a years time.

Should Janice Hahn win tomorrow, I would not be buying any real estate back in DC, if I were her.