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Adsos Letter

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4. It seems unlikely to me, even with a heavy turnout.
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 05:20 PM
Aug 2018

Our 22nd Congressional District is a heavily Red area. Nunes took 67.6% of the vote in the 2016 election, and of the total votes cast (234,966) over twice as many went to Nunes over the Democrat, Campos (158,755 to 76,211). Source: https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_22nd_Congressional_District

As much as I want to see Janz win, he's facing a serious uphill battle.

Nunes' narrowest margin of victory in the 22nd was in California's 22nd Congressional District elections, 2012, when he defeated Otto Lee (D) by a 23.8 percent margin. His widest margin of victory was his 44 percent margin over Louie Campos (D) in 2016. https://ballotpedia.org/Devin_Nunes


Plus, Nunes' war chest is considerably larger.

Our state has its share of right-wingers, especially in the Central Valley and Sierra foothills, and Tulare and Fresno Counties fall into that category (not to mention Orange County, Shasta County, Siskiyou County etc.).

Still: Go Janz!

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