Devin Nunes has a challenger. Meet Democrat Andrew Janz!

[MelissaB]

Andrew Janz is the Democrat and Prosecutor running for Congress in Central California #CA22 against Rep. Devin Nunes - tweets written by Candidate signed AJ

Twitter page: https://twitter.com/JanzforCongress

Website: https://www.andrewjanzforcongress.com/

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I'm loving this billboard!

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Let's DU this!

[democratisphere]

1. Devin Nunes must be a key target for Dems.

There is absolutely nothing good about Nunes!

[Wounded Bear]

3. I'm hoping to flip a lot of districts in CA...

the Repub tax bill does not treat them well.

[democratisphere]

4. I wish you all the success in getting Nunes gone!

[Wounded Bear]

9. I'm not actually in CA...

I'm in a different blue state with a few red districts that should be in jeopardy of being flipped. We don't have state income tax, but we do have some of the higher property taxes in the country. We have an urban/rural split here like many areas. I'm hoping we can flip a couple of districts here. I know at least one R is retiring this cycle.

[MelissaB]

5. I made a small donation to help the cause.

Come on California! Let's do this!!

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R...for visibility...

[brooklynite]

6. Safe R Seat (R+8)

Trump won by 10 pts.

There are currently 36 competitive seats and 25 more on the cusp. Putting money into a Safe seat just because you don't like the Republican is a bad strategy to win back the House.

[MelissaB]

8. I don't know that anything will be a safe seat by election time. This is one place I'm choosing to

spend $$.

[Wounded Bear]

10. We'll see, of course...

but CA is not treated well by the tax plan the R's are pushing.

[titaniumsalute]

11. If a Transgender Dem Danica Roem can unseat a GOP incumbent in Virginia

Anything is possible in 2018.

[MelissaB]

12. Damn right!

I smell a blue wave coming.

[titaniumsalute]

31. Amen sista!

[David__77]

13. With huge numbers of untapped voters.

I don't know what the citizenship rates are for resident Latinos in the district. That said, I think the demography looks good for an anti-Trump, anti-incumbent campaign: https://statisticalatlas.com/congressional-district/California/District-22/Race-and-Ethnicity.

[LakeArenal]

23. Yeah, we have tried nothing and we are all out of ideas

[charliea]

27. 10 pts might not be enough cushion for the Repubs

I'm hoping that the results of most special elections, even the ones Democrats lost, continue showing a tidal shift toward the Democrats. It's true they lost the special elections to replace the swamp creatures the pResident moved into his administration but the winning margins for Republicans shrunk by around 14 pts ( https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democrats-are-overperforming-in-special-elections-almost-everywhere/ ).

Look the ocean is rising!

Resist!

[IronLionZion]

34. You can draw a nice soft fluffy bubble around Brooklyn and

quickly forget how many Dems have won rural red seats with much worse odds very recently. The only way to win as a national party again is to pop that bubble and campaign in places where they still eat gluten and bacon and don't do much yoga.



Bed Stuy or die!

[brooklynite]

35. Believe me, I NEVER live in a bubble.....

I collect and crunch data on hundreds of races nationwide. If a race anywhere is competitive, I want to know about it.

[IronLionZion]

43. Kamala Devi Harris won that district by a decisive margin

and Dems just won a US Senate seat in Alabama, a state where people get a cup of bone broth the old fashioned way instead of buying it from the corner popup.

Races are competitive. You should know about them. Step out of Brooklyn every now and then.

[brooklynite]

44. One of the things I look at is who our candidates are running against...

....they don't all draw a nut like Roy Moore.

[IronLionZion]

45. Always be ready

just in case of a big blue wave to ride to victory

[Blue_true]

39. Saying there is no hope out of the gate is a worse strategy.

I plan to contribute and hope the local guy know his area, like the number of people that don't vote that are likely on our side.

[Zambero]

40. Safe seat or WAVE seat?

Nunes needs to be WAVED good-bye. As far as being a shoo-in based on past election results, the late ex-Speaker Tom Foley could have provided some perspective on that topic.

[bronxiteforever]

7. Kick and recommend for visibility

[NurseJackie]

14. Is "Janz" pronounced with a hard American-J? Or...

Or with a voiceless Spanish-J (the "h" sound) ... or with a soft German-J (the "y" sound)?

[Brother Buzz]

19. His father was an immigrant from Northern Canada so I lean with the soft "J"

With nothing to back it up, his name screams Dutch to me. His mother is from Thailand, so I guess that makes him Eurasian.

Edited because I'm having a lousy speilling day!

[MelissaB]

21. It sounds like the hard J here

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[MelissaB]

22. Yup!

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[Brother Buzz]

24. Could be, his family simply gave up trying to correct the pronunciation decades ago

[NurseJackie]

26. Thanks!

[VaBchTgerLily]

15. YAY! I like this guy Janz-Get rid of Nunes!!!!

[Hortensis]

16. 'A Democratic prosecutor launched his 2018 campaign on Tuesday,

seeking to challenge incumbent Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in the midterm elections for his 22nd Congressional District seat, according to a Tuesday Fresno Bee report.

Andrew Janz, an attorney who prosecutes violent crimes, criticized Nunes for his connection to President Trump and his controversial decision as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to brief the White House on its independent investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.

He said the news about Nunes inspired him to run for the seat. “I’m not a politician; I’ve never considered running for Congress until recently," he said according to the Bee. "Most of the stuff in local and national media has pushed me to get involved." ... Janz said he knows how to properly handle classified information. “I deal with confidential information on a daily basis,” Janz told the paper. “I’m in a profession that’s all about ethics.”

“My job is to be an advocate for the people of Fresno County. I’ve worked with countless crime victims, and I get these people justice. It’s my desire to take what I’m doing now as a prosecutor and take that to the voters of the 22nd District,” he said.

Nunes garnered nearly 68 percent of the vote in 2016, beating Democratic candidate Louie Campos in the 22nd District. A slight majority of registered voters in the area reportedly identify themselves as Republicans.

Janz told the paper that despite his political party, he is not the “type of person who votes the party line.”

This was from The Hill in April. Janz is obviously getting his name out. 68% voted Republican when only a slight majority are registered Repubs? Wonder if the idiots are liking what they chose behind Door #3 and how many of them claimed to be Democrats as they did it.

[dae]

17. Thank you, I retweeted and plan on donating to get Dweeb out of DC.

[TryLogic]

18. Get Nunez out of there!

[calimary]

20. K&R!

[marble falls]

25. Where do I send money???

[MelissaB]

32. Here:

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/andrew-janz

This is from the donate button on his website.

[SergeStorms]

41. Is there any way to donate that sidesteps Act Blue?

They take a percentage of every donation, plus they always want a "tip". I want every cent of my donation to go to Janz. Not that I have anything against Act Blue, but that percentage out of every donation (hidden in the fine print) thing bothers me.

[Iliyah]

28. Nunes is a traitor

Not in his district but will send him money - yeah for Andrew Janz!

[Plucketeer]

29. Milkstool Nunes

Milking his constituents and the federal government for ALL he can get. As a resident of the district this ass-hat presides over, I'd love to see him sent back to the family dairy. He'd do them good - what with his intimate knowledge of spreading bullshit!

[erronis]

37. And screwing the flock.

Just like some past 'uglican pest terminators that get carried away with their "missions".

Why does that party attract 90%+ of the preverts? (Just to leave a few % to the rest of the parties.)

Someday, statisticians will be able to prove the correlation == causality; especially in the case of narrow-minded, ignorant, 'uglicans. Born stupid, vote stupid.

[Plucketeer]

42. Good points!

And with the way the science of genetics is leaping forward, we might well get to see what that mutant gene looks like.

[riversedge]

30. good news.

[nycbos]

33. R+8 district.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_22nd_congressional_district

So it is doable but it will be a challenge.

[zentrum]

36. He sounds great!

Wow.

[spanone]

38. K&R...