from Thomas K. Arnold in the Seaside Courier, following Rocky jumping back into the race for his own Assembly seat…
“I doubt the party will endorse against a sitting incumbent, even though he assured me 20 times he was all in with the U.S. Senate race … I’m just disappointed that Rocky misled me, that he told he was all the way in and then he bailed out.” –Jerry Kern
At least one of the two Republican contenders for the 76th District state Assembly seat has dropped out, now that incumbent Rocky Chavez, also a Republican, has abandoned his U.S. Senate run and announced he will, instead, run for a third term.
Jerry Kern, an Oceanside City Councilman since 2006, announced Tuesday he is ending his bid for the seat…