The 76th Assembly District race is up in the air.
No Democrat filed in the Carlsbad/Oceanside/Encinitas/Vista 76th Assembly seat. Recent nonpartisan polling puts former Oceanside Councilman Rocky Chavez in the lead by a few steps, but he can’t seem to raise any money. Farrah Douglas can raise money but she was in second place behind Chavez in the poll. Sherry Hodges can raise money but was in third place in the poll. Hodges sort of had a push over the last month but the problem is her campaign told anyone who would listen that she would win the Republican endorsement yesterday. She didn’t, as the Vice Chair of the local GOP.
Now all the campaigns are ‘quietly’ saying they have information on the other candidates which will destroy them. We’ll see…