Jessie & Raman back in their races: War for Democrat Party’s Soul continues to November!

“Hold our beers, Republicans – we’ll take out these establishment Dems ourselves!”

Oh, me of little faith. I was skeptical – wary of false hope – that some of the primary races where the progressive or the Democrat was 5 or 6 points behind last week would change meaningfully by now. I was right that Steyer barely budged and the Governor race will be Hilton v. Becerra; I was right that Katrina barely budged and will have to go on to November; Ada barely budged in AD 67 against Mark Pulido, and Cody barely budged in the Equalization race.

But check it out: Two progressives we’re watching closely DID rocket past the Republican candidates this week to take on establishment Dems in the general! Making the national news and fueling MAGA fraud conspiracies is the quick late rise of Nythia Raman (LA’s Mamdani) overtaking Trump-beloved reality TV star Spencer Pratt in the race to take on LA Mayor Karen Bass, whose tenure and record makes everyone sad. But what makes Orange County hearts beat with hope is seeing Santa Ana progressive Jessie Lopez surge past Republican Mayra Ruiz, to continue “the fight for the soul of the Democrat Party” against uber-vendido David Penaloza, continue it to November!

This is NOT what the crypto-billionaires, Meta and Google wanted to happen when they sank $4 million into David’s PRIMARY. They wanted to crush Jessie from the start like a bug, and not have to worry again. This is not what the oil and insurance companies, the landlord and charter-school associations expected when they gambled so big against Comeback Jessie, they expected they’d be done with her by now. Pero no.

Last week, you could say she was a distant third. Now she’s a safe second, actually closing in on David! (800 votes behind.)

I’ll finish this piece tonight after my rehearsal… or in the morning .. a lot more to say about this, but wanted to get this much out!, ,

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