Tag Archives: 2014 elections

San Diego CityBeat is blowing up all of homocon Carl DeMaio’s lies. It really IS a train wreck.

Another day, another scandal for homocon US House candidate Carl DeMaio, whose campaign is now being accused of secretly authoring a UT San Diego editorial that slammed his opponent, Democratic Rep. Scott Peters. Controversial and highly disputed emails provided to NBC 7 Investigates include statements from Congressional candidate Carl DeMaio where he appears to be bragging about his campaign writing …

Parnell (above left) was lieutenant governor under Palin. From the National Journal: Palin rebuked her Republican successor in her home state, endorsing independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker, who is running on a “unity ticket” with Democratic running mate Byron Mallott, instead. Palin’s endorsement goes against her former lieutenant governor, Gov. Sean Parnell, who assumed office in 2009 when Palin abruptly …

Via the San Diego Fox affliliate: The race for a San Diego-area congressional seat held by Rep. Scott Peters, D-San Diego, is a dead heat, according to results of a poll released Tuesday. The survey conducted on behalf of 10News and U-T San Diego found former Councilman Carl DeMaio — a Republican — with a 46-45 lead over the incumbent …

Via the San Diego CBS affiliate: Republican congressional hopeful Carl DeMaio’s legal troubles may not be over. The DA’s office says there’s not enough evidence to charge DeMaio or the former aide accused of breaking into his campaign office. But the attorney for DeMaio’s accuser, Todd Bosnich, now says he plans to sue. “We knew Todd had nothing to do …

Last night’s CNN-hosted debate between Florida Gov. Rick Scott and former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist included no questions about same-sex marriage, but the pair heatedly sparred about jobs, the economy, the death penalty, medical marijuana, and Scott’s Medicare fraud past. The Florida gubernatorial race is considered the nation’s tightest. CBS Miami has the full debate in four parts.

JMG reader Greg yesterday received the above flyer from the Humane Society Legislative Fund, which “formed in 2004 as a separate lobbying affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States. HSLF works to pass animal protection laws at the state and federal levels, to educate the public about animal protection issues, and to support humane candidates for office.” The …

If you’re not up to speed on all the bizarre developments that have hit homocon Carl DeMaio’s campaign for the US House over the last six months, the Voice Of San Diego has a timeline. Plagiarism, trashed offices, inside job theories, accused staffer, sexual harassment allegations, a stolen campaign playbook, and on and on and on. It’s the most scandal-plagued …

Via Steve Rothaus the Miami Herald: SAVE, one of South Florida’s best-known LGBT-rights groups, has produced a campaign video, Why We Vote, in support of candidates including Democrats Charlie Crist and Annette Taddeo. “I’m voting because Rick Scott and Pam Bondi refuse to recognize our marriage,” says SAVE board chairman Christian Ulvert, seen on-camera with his husband Carlos Andrade. Both …

“Democrats promote early voting for the same reason they oppose voter ID: because they view early voting as helping their side. In the absurdly long 35-day period of early voting in Ohio in 2012, Democrats racked up perhaps a million-vote advantage over Republicans before Election Day was ever reached. Republicans have been slow to realize how early voting helps the …

Via the San Diego U-T: District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced today that there was not enough evidence for her to file criminal charges in the May burglary of Congressional candidate Carl DeMaio’s campaign office. Dumanis also said in a statement that her office would not pursue sexual misconduct charges against DeMaio — allegations that DeMaio has said come from the …

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Via the Tampa Bay Times: From her unwavering defense of Florida’s ban on gay marriage to her outspoken opposition to the Affordable Care Act, Attorney General Pam Bondi is known for setting off critics. Throw in last year’s postponement of an execution so she could host a fundraiser, and an election upset of Bondi seemed possible to some. But a …

Scott is beyond ridiculous.

After the bizarre start to last night’s gubernatorial debate, Florida Gov. Rick Scott repeatedly refused to say if he thinks his state’s ban on same-sex marriage is discriminatory. Scott was asked if Florida’s constitutional ban on gay marriage was discriminatory, but he refused to directly answer the question, even when asked a second time. He did say he supports traditional …

GOP New Hampshire state Rep. Steve Vaillancourt has written a bizarre attack on the appearance of Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), saying that she is uglier than a drag queen. Let’s be honest. Does anyone not believe that Congressman Annie Kuster is as ugly as sin? And I hope I haven’t offended sin. If looks really matter and if this …

Tonight Rick Scott might have cost himself the election. Florida Gov. Rick Scott refused to go onstage for the first seven minutes of a debate Thursday night, because his opponent had a fan. No, not a rowdy supporter in the audience. An actual electric fan. Scott’s Democratic challenger, former Gov. Charlie Crist, had set up a small fan underneath his …