From Voice of San Diego Morning Report, by Randy Dotinga…
Former Councilman Carl DeMaio, who lost bids for Congress and mayor, has picked up nomination papers and paid a filing fee needed to run against embattled East County Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, the conservative blog sdrostra.com reports. El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells is already in the race.
DeMaio’s previous congressional bid was in a different congressional district.
At sdrostra.com, a writer named Steve Gramm notes DeMaio’s strengths: his “very deserved reputation as a libertarian-leaning fiscal hawk, a public pension reformer, and the organizer of a statewide ballot measure to repeal the gas tax would all play significantly well in the conservative East and North County (including back-country) areas making up the district.”
However, he notes that DeMaio is openly gay, and “we’re talking about a geographic area that may be one of the most socially-conservative of any in California… many 50th District voters are registered as independents because they simply don’t see the Republican Party as being conservative enough.” Gramm thinks DeMaio should stick to his radio talk show.
State Senator Joel Anderson weighs in to us: “It would be inappropriate for KOGO to continue Carl’s radio show without offering equal time to the other candidates.” DeMaio responded: “I am not a candidate at this time and have until Friday to decide whether to submit my papers.”
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