When Don Wagner ran for the 70th AD in 2004, he got 15% of the vote and came in third
Some of our readers are intimating that Don Wagner and Jerry Amante have a chance to win in the GOP primary for the 70th Assembly District. They don’t.
I met with their opponent, popular Irvine Counciman Steven Choi, early in his campaign. He conducted polling and the results were no bueno for Wagner and Amante. Wagner came in at 2.5% of the vote! Why would we expect anything else from an obscure school board trustee? And Amante wasn’t in the game either.
We can actually see for ourselves how pathetic Wagner’s chances are. He ran for this district before, in 2004. He lost to Chuck DeVore, and it wasn’t close! DeVore got over 25,000 votes, or 46.4% of the vote, according to Smart Voter. Wagner came in third, with 8,143 votes, or 15% of the vote. Why is anyone expecting him to improve on that?
To make matters worse, Wagner is a knuckle-dragging social nutter. He is endorsed by the Family Action PAC and a slew of right-wing extremists. This guy is completely out of touch with the average voter in his district.
What about Amante? Like Choi, he ran for local office in 2008. But Amante got 12,223 votes as a candidate for the Tustin City Council, according to Smart Voter, in a field of five candidates. Choi got over 28,000 votes – and he came in ahead of Larry Agran in a field of ten candidates for the Irvine City Council, according to Smart Voter. This time Choi is getting ALL the Irvine votes.
And Amante has a horrible record of raising fees. Sure, he says he is against taxes, but click here to get the rest of the story about his efforts to increase water and toll road fees.
And click here to find out about the scumbags who have donated to Amante, including BP, the oil company that has ruined the Gulf Coast, ousted Assemblyman Mike “Drippy” Duvall, and Tom Daly’s wife, a Democrat!
The best part is that Amante and Wagner are fighting over the same turf. Can you say vote split? What a joke. If one of them dropped out, Choi might have a problem. But these goofs are just going to split the angry white voter base and LOSE.
There is another guy running named Jay Ferguson. The poor guy works in real estate sales. Sure, that is going to be attractive to voters. Dude has no chance of winning!
You just love that factoid – he got 15%, running against DeVore, SIX YEARS AGO. A pretty thin reed to hang your hopes on.
I agree he’s a “knuckle-dragging social nutter.” But you may forget who flocks to vote in GOP primaries. Believe me if your boy Choi beats him in June I’ll breathe a sigh of relief that the Wagner danger is gone for all of us. And then we’ll set to work beating Choi.
Art…. Just for fun, $5 Says Wagner wins
Anon,
The voters rejected Wagner before and will do so again.
And as I said, Amante and Wagner are going to split the nutter base. Choi will win easily.
Bigmarkod – you’re on!
Ruh Roh
The GBW machine is pulling out their bag of dirty tricks against Choi.
Letters to the DA, complaints of Perjury, fraud, phony websites.
Bet it hits all the mailboxes the day before the VBM ballots.
Are Republicans stupid enough to fall for these lies?
Choi doesn’t have a chance, and I’m surprised that if you met him you still think he’s electable. Choi has been little more than a joke on every effort he has attempted. Just ask any of his fellow members on any board and they will tell you what an empty suit he is.
just asking,
And yet he has never lost a political race. And he came in ahead of Agran in 2008.
I have met him. He is very bright. You sir obviously are racist towards Korean. Get some help.
And no, I won’t ask Agran and Krom what they think of Choi. Who cares what they think? They are corrupt and Agran has been in office far too long.
Art, you have such an amazing ability to detect racism, that I can only stand in awe.
No matter how many times I re-read comment #5, I cannot find the anti-Korean bias. But I’m sure that just shows my insensitivity. Hats off!
Vern,
“I’m surprised that if you met him you still think he’s electable.”
Subtle. But that is a dig at Choi’s English. He actually is very educated but English is his second language and as such he has a slight accent.
Racist indeed Vern.
What about the fact that Wagner won the CRA endorsement 28-3-0 (Wagner-Amante-Choi). As for Choi never losing a political race, in 2008 he was the only incumbent to EVER lose, coming in 7th with 6.5% of the vote for the 71st assembly central committee. I’d consider that losing.
Paul,
LOL! Do you really think that 28 votes from CRA nutters matters? Wagner only got 15% of the vote the last time he ran for this district.
As for Choi’s Central Committee loss, who cares? Most district voters don’t even know what that is! He beat Agran in 2008 – that was the race that mattered.
BTW, where was Wagner when Choi bravely stood up to Nancy Pelosi? MIA…
Those nutters got Devore elected 6 years ago. And you didn’t say he never lost a race that mattered, you said he’s never lost a political race. And if “just asking” is racist because he thinks Choi isn’t electable (you made the assumption its because of his race), then I’d like to believe you’re racist since you don’t think Amante is electable.
Paul,
Don’t try to rationally talk about the facts with Art as he would rather ignore them than admit he was wrong. Art – Choi’s never lost a “political race.” Choi gets trounced in Central Committee election – the last time I checked, Central Committee is still a political race. Art’s response – I was wrong, but “who cares.” Nice defense Art. You always look foolish when you use words like “always” and “never” without knowing (or trying to hide) all the facts.