It should be no surprise that Assemblyman Ben Hueso won yesterday’s special election to fill the open 40th State Senate seat, which became vacant by virtue of Juan Vargas’ election to Congress last year. Next is the special election for Hueso’s assembly seat.
As was noted on Rostra in March a year ago…
If Hueso were to run and win a special election for Senate, it would create a vacancy in his Assembly seat.
So, who would run for Assembly?
Lorena Gonzalez, secretary-treasurer of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, recently moved into a community that overlaps the new 80th Assembly district, where Hueso is seeking reelection.
Domino Scenario #1: Vargas > Hueso > Gonzalez
In response to the question of such a possible scenario, culminating in a Gonzalez run for Assembly, she said, “I am running for reelection to the Labor Council.”
By the way, Gonzalez did win her Labor Council reelection. She is is now running for Hueso’s Assembly seat.
As Jim Sills used to say, “You read it here.”