LOL, you can't make this stuff up.
But seriously, why would a Republican want to represent Venice Beach, and what kind of Republican would he/she/it be?
The press didn't expect him to be in the runoff at all but he came ahead of the recently reelected Secretary of State Debra Bowen (D).
Janice Hahn can't offer anything fresh to the people there and that's a problem.
The Hahn family is a dynasty in L.A. County going back a generation. Her daddy was a councilman for 30+ years, her uncle too and he went to the state assembly. Her brother was City Attorney and then Mayor of L.A. now she's coming from the city council hoping to move into Congress.
I don't know that he can win but anything that scares the hell out of Democrats is a good thing. The upstart Huey shouldn't be anywhere close to someone with the name recognition, union-backing and registration advantage of Janice Hahn.
People have been coming from San Diego County to help out on his campaign, going door-to-door GOTV for early voting.