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CA: Maldonado loses Controller race - Strickland unofficial winner of Republican primary
San Luis Obispo Tribune ^ | 7 June 2006 | Leslie Griffy and Larissa Van Beurden-Doust

Posted on 06/07/2006 1:06:35 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture

Maldonado loses Controller race

Strickland unofficial winner of Republican primary

Leslie Griffy and Larissa Van Beurden-Doust

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, State Sen. Abel Maldonado has lost to Tony Strickland for the Republican nominaton for state controller.

Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, received 37 percent of the vote compared to more than 40 percent for Strickland.

They had been in an even tighter race last night.

"We knew that this race was going to be very, very close," Maldonado said Tuesday night. "Obviously, we'd love to be on top. I'm proud of the campaign we ran."

Local Republican leaders said Maldonado's decision to run six months after being elected to the Senate made sense because the moderate could do well in a statewide race.

But polls showed Maldonado had problems with name recognition in other parts of the state.

The little-known office of controller, which handles the state's tax revenue, is often a launching pad for bigger things.

The Republican's bid for the office often got dirty, with the candidates attacking one another on their Web sites.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: abelmaldonado; california; controller; june6; maldonado; republican; strickland; tonystrickland
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Tony Strickland for Controller

1 posted on 06/07/2006 1:06:40 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
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For historical purposes... :-)

Live Thread - California Primary Election - 6 June 2006

2 posted on 06/07/2006 1:12:50 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture (Congratulations to McClintock, Strickland, and Parrish, and to the defeat of Props 81 & 82)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

I don't know much about this race, but I take it from your campaign poster that you are a Strickland supporter.

The article calls Maldonado a "moderate," which, according to my MSM decoder ring, means that he is a screaming RINO.


3 posted on 06/07/2006 1:12:50 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero; calcowgirl
I'll borrow a response from calcowgirl because I'm lazy :-)
4 posted on 06/07/2006 1:18:00 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture (Congratulations to McClintock, Strickland, and Parrish, and to the defeat of Props 81 & 82)
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To: Cicero

Liberal not even a RINO. Only reason he has R in name is like all liberals they cannot run on their ticket so they run on the republican.


5 posted on 06/07/2006 1:19:51 PM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: CounterCounterCulture
For reference, those were summarized from excerpts and citations that I posted on this thread (See posts 30-35).
6 posted on 06/07/2006 1:41:40 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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You could probably overlay this with the one from the Bush/Kerry election and see who Abel resembles.

State Controller - Republican Party


7 posted on 06/07/2006 1:48:39 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: CounterCounterCulture
I hadn't heard about Maldonado's coauthoring AB 540 to give instate tuition status to illegal immigrants when I filled out my ballot.

I'm not sorry Strickland came out on top.

8 posted on 06/07/2006 1:54:52 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Don't use illegals: HIREPATRIOTS.COM)
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To: calcowgirl

68% for Strickland in Ventura County. Is he from that area or is Ventura just very conservative?


9 posted on 06/07/2006 1:56:08 PM PDT by Chesterbelloc
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To: Chesterbelloc

Strickland is from Ventura County.


10 posted on 06/07/2006 2:00:54 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Don't use illegals: HIREPATRIOTS.COM)
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To: edcoil
Liberal not even a RINO. Only reason he has R in name is like all liberals they cannot run on their ticket so they run on the republican.

He ran for office in a mainly conservative area of California (northern Santa Barbara county) so in order to win he had to run Republican. Abel is a fiscal conservative but in all other aspects he is a liberal. His base here on the central coast is looking for another horse to ride.

11 posted on 06/07/2006 2:09:14 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: Ben Mugged
"Abel is a fiscal conservative"

Actually, he's not even that. The guy doesn't even have a basic grasp of economics.

12 posted on 06/07/2006 2:30:09 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: scpg2; CounterCounterCulture

See posts #4 and #6. CCC beat me to it!

CCC--you can borrow, any time! :-)


15 posted on 06/07/2006 2:33:26 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: Cicero

I got a telephone call/recording from Newt Gingrich asking me to vote for the RINO...Makdonado


16 posted on 06/07/2006 2:33:44 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: CounterCounterCulture
The Austrian's New Majority RINO machine lost another statewide party's contest. What was that again about the grassroots willing to embrace RINOs apart from the Governator himself on Tuesday? Guess again!

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

17 posted on 06/07/2006 2:34:15 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
I have yet to meet a liberal who was a genuine fiscal conservative. Such a creature doesn't exist - at least not in this reality.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

19 posted on 06/07/2006 2:36:34 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

When he was the mayor of Santa Maria he balanced the budget and helped the city win the coveted "All American City" title. He almost doubled the police force and built two new fire stations that had the net impact of lowering the insurance rate for several hundred homeowners. The planning commission he chartered has kept growth of the city within reason and well planned. He does have some redeeming value, not all the voters in Santa Barbara county are morons.


20 posted on 06/07/2006 2:40:31 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.)
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