Well,,, according to the 2-3-02 issue of the Orange County Register, page 1 of the Local section...You are correct.
JOHN CAMPBELL of the 70th state district is running for Ca. STATE Senate - NOT Boxer's US Senate seat...
From the Orange County Register:
GOP pair to vie for Senate
Assemblymen John Campbell, Ken Maddox will duel for Ross Johnson's seat.By MARTIN WISCKOL
The Orange County RegisterRepublican Assemblymen John Campbell and Ken Maddox each announced Thursday that they would seek the state Senate seat of Ross Johnson, who is stepping down next year because of term limits.The decision sets the stage for a fiercely competitive race in the predominantly Republican district, which stretches from Seal Beach to Laguna Beach. Both candidates handily won re-election last month and are popular in their districts, which both include parts of the contested Senate turf."It's a tossup," said political consultant Harvey Englander. "It's always fun to watch two elected officials from the same party go at it."
Because of District 35's heavily Republican composition, the primary victor in March 2004 is expected to win easily in the general election.
Both Campbell and Maddox have solid reputations in the GOP but are easily differentiated by their backgrounds and voting records.
Campbell is a certified public accountant and car dealer who grew up in Los Angeles and gathered degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California. Maddox was raised mostly in Texas, where his father was often unemployed and existence was sometimes hand- to-mouth. When he began college, Maddox lived out of his Plymouth Horizon. He was a Tustin police officer before being elected to the Assembly.
While generally voting the GOP line, Maddox has occasionally irked fellow Republican legislators with his support of pro-labor measures. Prominent among these is the eight-hour workday, which requires employees to be paid overtime when working more than eight hours a day. Campbell favors a return to the previous law, in which an employee had to work more than 40 hours a week before receiving overtime.
Maddox has already won the endorsement of the Orange County Professional Firefighters Association and is expected to gain backing from other local and statewide police and firefighter unions, which have endorsed him since he was first elected to the Assembly in 1998.
"I've consistently worked on behalf of working families," said Maddox, who is in the process of moving from Garden Grove to Dana Point. Garden Grove is not in Maddox's Assembly district, but state law requires residence in the district only at the time of candidate's filing – not after being elected.
Campbell came out of the gates Thursday with endorsements from Johnson and from Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte of Rancho Cucamonga. Campbell, first elected in 2000, touts his leadership, particular being the ranking Republican on the Assembly Budget Committee.
"Although I've been in the Legislature a shorter time, I've been more likely to take leadership posts," said Campbell, an Irvine resident.
Maddox countered that he's been central to more legislation. That includes co-authoring the bill establishing the Amber Alert for abducted children and writing the measure requiring a higher level of treatment for sewage pumped into the ocean by the county sanitation district.
In a race that could cost each campaign more than $1 million, Campbell's connections and own bank account are likely to give him the financial edge. But Maddox's first Assembly victory, in which he outpaced two fellow Republicans with more money, showed he can overcome better-funded campaigns.