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Cha

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40. Wonderful, silverweb! Thank you for the inside Scoop~
Thu Nov 15, 2012, 10:59 PM
Nov 2012

Don't know much about the District except I imagined Sacremento to be a more "con" part of the state and he's been in there for years, no? Seems like I remember the name "Dan Lungren" forever.

Ami Bera WON! [View all] silverweb Nov 2012 OP
Great. nt bluestate10 Nov 2012 #1
Congrats to the people of that district. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #2
I love it! n/t Mr.Bill Nov 2012 #3
Don't let the door hit you in the ass, Dan! XemaSab Nov 2012 #4
Great news! Jennicut Nov 2012 #5
Great news! MotherPetrie Nov 2012 #6
link warrior1 Nov 2012 #7
10 grand over 8 years........ Ernesto Nov 2012 #8
! dchill Nov 2012 #13
You my friend.... pkdu Nov 2012 #19
Thank you Ernesto! This is a very big deal !!! Finally...finally, Lungren is defeated !!!! n/t CADEMOCRAT7 Nov 2012 #47
Thank you. freshwest Nov 2012 #61
Wow! silverweb Nov 2012 #83
Yes! sheshe2 Nov 2012 #9
Hooray and thanks from all Californians Bluestar Nov 2012 #10
You are not alone. It has been over 20 years I have felt this way here in CA. n/t CADEMOCRAT7 Nov 2012 #48
Best news of the day. n/t AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2012 #11
Another pickup. MineralMan Nov 2012 #12
Happy News!!!!! haikugal Nov 2012 #14
Bera tweet:It's official: I won! cal04 Nov 2012 #15
TERRIFIC!!! Long ago had him as my rep Raine Nov 2012 #16
your reps have to actually live in their districts? ellenfl Nov 2012 #28
They play kind of fast and lose with it here. I probably should have said he was gerrymandered out Raine Nov 2012 #42
Expect a recount demand from that sourpuss who lost Warpy Nov 2012 #17
Fantastic!!! dhill926 Nov 2012 #18
Capital Public Radio just said the AP called it! SoapLovah Nov 2012 #20
Here's the AP copy Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #60
Yahoo! Another turd is gone. Gregorian Nov 2012 #21
Three seats flipped in California Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #22
Four. CD 26, 41, 7 and 36. 52 is coming!! SoapLovah Nov 2012 #24
Thanks for that. 26 and 41 were open but I didn't know the history Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #25
26 was Gallegly. 41 was partially Lewis, partially new, if that makes sense. SoapLovah Nov 2012 #36
It does, totally. My focus, my world, was on the Bera, Hernandez, McNerney, and Garamendi races Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #38
that is the result of an independent redistricting grantcart Nov 2012 #33
Independent redistricting in my neck of the woods in Northern California was like..... Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #35
I called 52 yesterday nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #46
We finally shit-canned Mary Bonehead SoCalDem Nov 2012 #73
Bono, Lungren, and Bilbray turned out and tossed on the dung heap Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #74
He was the Attorney General in California when we passed prop 215. Mr.Bill Nov 2012 #23
woo hoo! great news. eom ellenfl Nov 2012 #26
is he the closeted Republican congressman in Sac? Or was that one already gone back in '08 cycle? Divine Discontent Nov 2012 #27
No, he's just a crooked carpetbagger teabagger Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #29
thanks! Divine Discontent Nov 2012 #44
That was a state legislator from another part of the state. forgot his name. SoapLovah Nov 2012 #31
thank you! Divine Discontent Nov 2012 #43
David Dreyer? Not even sure if he's still around, but . . hatrack Nov 2012 #63
Are you thinking of the state senator who retired after he got caught DUI-ing the wrong way up J st, LeftyMom Nov 2012 #65
that's him! thanks Divine Discontent Nov 2012 #71
Good bye and good riddance. Proud to say I helped to fire Lungren. :)))) SoapLovah Nov 2012 #30
What's our house number total now? Is it 198 or 199? craigmatic Nov 2012 #32
Isn't there still 100,000 mail-in ballots out? I don't plethoro Nov 2012 #34
Progressives are busting out all over! Politicub Nov 2012 #37
So Awesome . . . EarthGurl2012 Nov 2012 #39
Wonderful, silverweb! Thank you for the inside Scoop~ Cha Nov 2012 #40
well, i live in district 7 shanti Nov 2012 #69
Happy for you, shanti! :) nm Cha Nov 2012 #70
Shanti has it right, Cha. silverweb Nov 2012 #72
Sweet Karma for US, silverweb! Thank you! Cha Nov 2012 #78
Excellent memory! silverweb Nov 2012 #80
Well.. I use to live all over San Diego County for about 15 years from '74 to '90.. Cha Nov 2012 #82
That explains it. silverweb Nov 2012 #85
Oh, that's fantastic! n/t Cleita Nov 2012 #41
We did it !!!! CADEMOCRAT7 Nov 2012 #45
AND he is noted for adding to the "religious diversity" of the new Congress. He is FailureToCommunicate Nov 2012 #49
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #50
k&r Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #51
Very good! So, how many seats will we have in the new House? BlueDemKev Nov 2012 #52
Great news! gademocrat7 Nov 2012 #53
"Real big deal" !!! CADEMOCRAT7 Nov 2012 #54
fantastic pipewrench Nov 2012 #55
Wonderful! Lundgren is slime -- so happy to see him go. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #56
Can't wait for the other teo D's to fall adieu Nov 2012 #57
Awesome. n/t AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #58
Doing the happy dance! NightOwwl Nov 2012 #59
How sweet it is....! goclark Nov 2012 #62
Wooooodamnwhoo! Congratulations! lonestarnot Nov 2012 #64
Cool beans! Sugarcoated Nov 2012 #66
Good news! Quantess Nov 2012 #67
and a wonderful day it is! shanti Nov 2012 #68
i've waiting for this for a long time noiretextatique Nov 2012 #75
Hooray! Phentex Nov 2012 #76
Woo Hoo !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2012 #77
Lungren concedes in race against Bera (Ca-7) Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #79
That is great news! PatSeg Nov 2012 #81
Wow! GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #84
WooooHoooo Got rid of Dan Lundgren! Astazia Nov 2012 #86
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