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  • Democrats target Lungren's congressional seat

    08/06/2009 7:49:57 AM PDT · by SmithL · 20 replies · 1,833+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 8/6/9 | Rob Hotakainen
    WASHINGTON – As Democrats seek to fatten their lead in the U.S. House in 2010, they're taking the fight to traditionally Republican turf – and Rep. Dan Lungren is directly in their cross hairs. Lungren, 62, of Gold River, won an eighth term to Congress last year, even though he received less than half the votes in California's 3rd District. He had previously represented a Long Beach district from 1979 to 1989. The district's minority population has risen dramatically since 2000. And while Republicans still outnumber Democrats by 2 percent, President Barack Obama carried the district, which includes Sacramento's suburbs...