Talk to the locals. It is worse than that.
It is alleged that the local Central Committee actively worked to hamstring McClintock, seeing him as a carpet bagger, although no local residency is required in congressional races.
Not true. The Placer County Central Committee endorsed him in the primary in the face of furious opposition from local elected officials who preferred the country club RINO Doug Ose. They alone were there for him when he needed them most. The Placer County Chairman Tom Hudson has been a die hard McClintock follower along with me since all three of us were young activists in Southern California in the 80s and 90s.
Tom won’t “play ball” for local pork projects...