(State Sen.) Maldonado (GOP) to run in primary for Democrats

[Newsjock]

Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune

State Sen. Abel Maldonado, a Santa Maria Republican, has turned in enough signatures to qualify as a write-in candidate in the Democratic primary June 3, a move his write-in Democratic opponent, attorney Dennis Morris of Pismo Beach, calls “astonishing.”

Morris said Maldonado is trying to keep from having a Democratic opponent in the November general election. He also criticized the senator for using his mother as an excuse to run in the primary.

... No Democrat appears on the June 3 primary ballot in Maldonado’s district. If Maldonado gathers at least 3,689 write-in votes — one-tenth of the number at the last election—and beats Morris, he would appear on the November ballot as both the Democratic and Republican candidate.

... Mark Buchman, chairman of the San Luis Obispo County Democratic Central Committee, said he was surprised Maldonado would try to run as a Democrat.

“It’s really weird,” he said. “I can’t imagine why somebody that’s been an assemblyman and a senator and supposedly touts himself as being successful would feel like he needs to do this.”

Read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/368811.html

[CreekDog]

1. Jackie Speier was nominated by both parties in 1994 for State Assembly

but I don't know how it happened. her former district, here, is extremely Democratic so winning the primary forestalls any need to campaign no matter who the opponent is.

[whistle]

2. I don't trust the bastard, he has loaded the dice in his favor, just another repuke

...method to corrupt our voting process

[bean fidhleir]

3. So what do people think the DLC is, if not Rs registered as Ds?

It's a *perfect* way to take over. It's the reason all the totalitarians call themselves "democratic" and "socialist".

[murielm99]

4. Someone should take this to court.

Candidates are always going to court over things like this. Even if the guy manages to remain on the ballot for both parties, the publicity might ruin his credibility and give the other write-in candidate a fighting chance.