CD46 Watch: Debbie Cook Bringin' It
Posted by: Jubal | 02/21/2008 10:54 AM
Today is the last day to turn in signatures in lieu of the filing fee, and I hear Huntington Beach Councilwoman Debbie Cook will be turning in a boat load.Approximately 2,200 signatures, if my source is correct.
Debbie is running for the Democratic nomination in the 46th Congressional District, which has been represented by GOP incumbent Dana Rohrabacher since 1988.
The filing fee to run is $1,652. For every 100 valid signatures a candidate turns in, $55.07 is knocked off the filing fee -- so Debbie could knock up to $1,200 of her filing fee.
The point, however, is not so much to reduce the cost as to demonstrate grass roots support. I don't think there's any real possibility Debbie will defeat Dana in November, but gathering that many signatures is a very impressive feat, and not to be dismissed.
Interestingly, Dana has drawn a primary opponent: a Mr. Ronald R. St. John, who chose the ballot title "Property Rights Attorney." Egad, a challenge from the Right!
UPDATE (5:00 p.m.): It turns out my source had it half right.
Debbie Cook's campaign turned in a little more than 1,100 signatures, not 2,200 as I posted earlier.
802 were turned in yesterday, of which 725 were valid.
336 sigs were turned in today.
Not as astounding as 2,200, but nothing to sneeze at, either.
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Let's see,
In 2006 the results were:
Brandt(D) 71,573 36.7%
Rohrabacher(R) 116,176 59.6%
Chang (L) 7,303 3.7%
Concilmember Cook only needs to overcome a twenty three point gap! If she can turn everyone of those signatures into a 50 votes at the pol, she'll still lose by more than 5%.
Still, it would be nice to see her make a strong run: that would mean we would get to see more of Dana in the news, which I definitely favor
This could become interesting. No doubt an extrordinary uphill fight; but this year has provided extrordinary surpises. There is tremendous disappointment with the Republican Party and Democrats are voting in numbers that the Party only dreamed about until this year. In addition the whole DTS and Independent phemnomenon will be in play.
None of the above is likely to make any difference in this particular district but if a real long-shot upset could ever occur this is the year for it.
Cook collected those signatures in only a couple of weeks, pretty impressive. As the previous poster noted, with the large number of Dems turning out, this could be year of suprises.
Cook has two things going for her, she's pretty well known in costal region, and seems to be lining up some significant support beyond the token challenger Dems have offered up in the past.
Way to go Debby! Over 2 thousand sigs in lieu is a very impressive showing. This is going to be a fun race to watch this year.
No one seems to know. When did Debbie Cook change her party registration from decline-to-state to Democrat?
Anon: maybe it's not that "no one seems to know" but rather that "no one seems to care." Why do YOU care?
When Debbie Cook was a mayor of HB she banned public convocation. She kicked God out of city hall.=( How does she feel about congress having chaplains? Will she try to banish them too?
True, but then she did get re-elected in 2004 with the most votes, and 10,000 more votes than the next candidate.
Women ALWAYS win in HB. ALWAYS!
Marie Antoinette or Hillary Clinton could win HB.
Check out past election results for yourself.
Even the Ocean View school board has rarely ever had a man elected.
Another thing is people do not run with a R or D next to their names in city council races. In a federal race where political parties are mentioned it is a different story with the results.