True, but the same pretty much be said of Howard Kaloogan. The only office he held was a brief career in the General Assembly and his last year as Assemblyman was back in 2000. The guy is great on conservative issues but the whole "I lead the fight to recall Davis" thing is yesterday's news, and it sure didn't help him in the Senate primary.
The best candidate we could run at this point is probably State Senator Bill Morrow. His current district overlaps with 2/3rds of the 50th CD anyway. The guy has been there for conservatives time and time again in the Assembly and is a decorated Marine Corps Vet. He brings the best credentials to the race.
I'm not going to badmouth Sen. Morrow. He appears to be a fine gentleman with good credentials, and I wish him well in his contest.
I will say in defense of Kaloogian, he was at a tremendous disadvantage in the Senate race. The CA party establishment (once again making the claim to being one of the stupidest state parties in America) put all the muscle and money behind Bill Jones, which made it all but impossible for Kaloogian to try to overcome. Jones, of course, ended up running an embarrassingly non-existent campaign against the horrid evil bitch Barbara Boxer. I don't know what is the point of running candidates against these political rodents if they're not going to stand up and fight ?! I'd rather run vocal and intelligent underdogs instead.
I do think Kaloogian has made his bones and is more than qualified to be the nominee for the party for the 50th. It could also help showcase him for future office statewide if he proves an able leader in Congress.
However, Kaloogian WON the 50th Congressional District in that race, so the voters there know, like and trust him.
Morrow's a good conservative guy, but he is not a resident of the district. He is actually a constituent in Darrell Issa's Congressional district (48th Congressional) and ran against Issa in the 2000 Congressional race and lost.