Newly elected Republican Assemblyman Jeff Gorell is bracing for war – literally. The 39-year-old Camarillo resident hardly will have time to take his Capitol seat before he bids goodbye to it. Gorell announced days before Tuesday's election that he is headed to Afghanistan in March as a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve. He easily won election in a district stretching through Ventura, Kern and Los Angeles counties, though Gorell will be overseas for 12 months – half of his first Assembly term. Now what? "I didn't anticipate this, and it's obviously a challenge," said Gorell, whose name was on...