Election 2006 Watch: California 37 Assembly District – GOP Primary
GOP Assemblywoman Audra Strickland and California GOP Controller Candidate Tony Strickland
VS.
Businessman Bob Larkin
Los Angeles Times:Contest Is a Battle for GOP’s Soul
The 37th Assembly District race could indicate the mood of the national party this year.
For the second time in a row, the Republican primary in the 37th Assembly District is shaping up as battle for the soul of the GOP.
On the right is the incumbent, Assemblywoman Audra Strickland, 31, who has used her first term to push such issues as repealing the gas tax, providing tax credits to offset private school tuition and getting rid of much of public education’s bureaucracy.
Her opponent, Bob Larkin, 70, represents a more moderate wing of Ventura County’s Republican Party, which has struggled in recent years to elect candidates.
Larkin, a businessman and grandfather of six, calls himself a fiscal conservative but thinks the government should stay out of social issues, “the way the party used to be,” he adds.
On June 6, Republican voters in Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Simi Valley, Camarillo and a portion of the San Fernando Valley will decide which of the two best represents their interests.
The outcome could hint at the mood of GOP voters nationwide, amid multiple scandals unfolding in Washington, D.C., said Allan Hoffenblum, a Republican political analyst.
Allan Hoffenblum has it WRONG.
The choice Ventura County voters will have on primary election day will between an ethically challenged (but cleared) young incumbent assemblywoman and a 70 year old RINO.
Flap handicaps an Audra Strickland win.
Related:
Ventura Count Star: GOP adversary criticizes foe in Assembly race
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One Comment
Peter Maradona
In the 37th Assembly Seat the choices are very obvious. You can have a “religious right” candidate that takes money from big oil, Anheuser Busch, tobacco companies, and horse racing interests like Strickland, or you can go for a decent mild-mannered Republican more likely to actually get a bill passed. You can choose between a candidate that uses fear and smear campaigns like the Tony and Audra duo or a respected community member who won’t waste time writing bills to allow pregnant women to ride in the carpool lane to pander to the radical religious zealots hijacking the Republican Party. The choice couldnt be more clear. Bob Larken represents common sense Republicans in Ventura County best.