I’ve lived in California for most of my adult life and so I don’t know . . . are all state primaries as crazy as ours? One news commentator referred to our upcoming gubernatorial primaries as “The Hunger Games” (a reference to a series of fictional battles for survival which are fought by teenagers.) Having helped raise teenagers, I didn’t quite make it through the first Hunger Games movie so I can’t comment. Does every state have 61 candidates running for governor who act like horny teenagers?
Wait. I guess the number is now 60 as the front runner (Mr. Swalwell) was forced out. However, he is still on the list. Maybe he’ll mount a revival.
This list contains: Twenty-four Democrats. twelve Republicans. one Libertarian. one Peace & Freedom person, and twenty-three No Party Preference party poopers. I’ll get to them later.
Roughly half of the candidates submitted Candidate Statements; the others did not. If voters want to find out about say, David Zickefoose or Barack D. Obama Shaw, they’ll have to do some research. I think I’ll pass. What a waste to go to all that work and then assume you might get a vote or two without going to any effort?
Now to those No Party Preference candidates: Two belong to parties that just aren’t qualified: the American Solidarity Party, a liberal leaning though decidedly Pro-Life group, and the Socialist Workers Party.
Then there are these folks:
He wants to “suffocate homelessness, assassinate unemployment and nuke crime.” Rightly dighty, dude. ‘Fraid you don’t have my vote.
LivingForGod is a lot more eloquent, isn’t he?
Like the pilot who “punches through the storm” so we can breathe again, he’s going to hand us a fire extinguisher so that we can put out the dumpster fire started by the “old” parties. Righteous Brother! I almost wish you were running for president!
On the other hand, this guy is downright scary:
A whole bunch of conspiracy theories packed into one real charmer. Yikes!
Thankfully the candidates for Lieutenant Governor seem quite sane.
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Oh! Lardidarr !!
Well, you can’t say there isn’t a little bit of everything there.
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California is a very diverse state – we have all kinds of nutty people!
Our current system is nuts (and we wonder why we Californians are sometimes called “crazy”). I wish there was a higher bar to be considered a candidate, but here we are… I will watch the debate on April 28 and make a decision (which will not include a Maga candidate). Fortunately, the debate is just among the top 9.
Oh, you wouldn’t want to see LivingForGod debate Mr. Grundmann? I have actually met and appeared before Betty Yee when she was on the Board of Equalization so I’m biased. Of course she doesn’t have a shot.
We often have many people of all sanities and parties in the governor’s race; however, I don’t think it works like California’s. We have the primary and then the top two go to the final election? It’s always a D versus an R in this state. GoodSpaceGuy usually runs and his personal statement is a kick. But if he were governor, I would have to move.
I had to check out GoodSpaceGuy – yeah, he’s a doozy. I’m not sure how this primary is going to work but tomorrow night they’re having a debate so I’m sure the subject will come up. I like your description of “people of all sanities” – ain’t that the truth!
We live in California and it is a nuthouse – a few of these seem like they shouldn’t be allowed for the violent rhetoric – and it’s an insult to the system that everyone today just wants fame and fortune – the idea of actually helping to govern is beside the point for most…shameful
I agree – Grundmann has run before and I have to say he sounded a little less looney 4 years ago which is frightening. And shameful.
WE have just turned over our political process to people who are not only not qualified, but don’t even seem to be running for any other reason that narcissistic attention…which is why we are in the situation we are in now!
Yikes, you have some odd people running. It is the same in South Africa. About 60 candidates about half of which are just ridiculous.
Some people have a lot of time on their hands and develop odd hobbies – like running for office!
I don’t want to scare you, but at one time my county had ranked choice voting; the dad of one of my high school classmates kept running for office over and over again. He was a real wackadoodle, mean as a snake and dumb as a brick. He even got banned from the local grocery store by the owner who wouldn’t allow him to mistreat the employees. Anyway, probably due to name recognition, this guy (Dale Washam) was elected Assessor-Treasurer where he wreaked havoc and chased most of the department out. He was (I think) eventually recalled and the county got rid of ranked choice, much of it because of him.
In Nevada, where I grew up, the citizens of Pahrump proudly elected a famous pimp as their representative to the state legislature even though he died days before the election. They said they’d rather have a dead pimp than a democrat.
Horrifying.
It is – but we’re not the only crazy state!
David Zickefoose? Really?
Yup – he’s a real person – although his campaign website is very fuzzy on details.
A Trump candidate statement would fit nicely into your post. Think of all the great stuff he could put into his description. All the great deals he has made. Let’s continue to pour fuel on our gasoline fire. That could be his campaign slogan. Duke
The pro-Maga candidates are coming up with different rhetoric but they are still pretty obvious. I would say there are about 10 of them listed as either GOP or No Party. There’s only one openly Maga candidate whose considered a serious contender – Steve Hilton – and he refused to agree to spending limits and so didn’t get to submit a candidate statement. They’re debating tonight and I’m debating whether to watch. I still miss good ole Jerry Brown!
OMG, that’s insane. It’s funny to read Max Foamin and Living for God highlights. Well, I think you should run—you’re better than everyone on that list.
Six of the front runners had a debate last night Two of the candidates spouted the woke liberal line several times (boring). One of them said all of the homeless people are either drug addicts or insane. I was surprised the other candidates didn’t jump all over the nincompoop. I’m way too old and tired for politics!
Oh, that’s going to be an interesting race, then. Arnold, The Governator, might need to run again. 😂
I would prefer they bring back Jerry Brown!
I thought of him as soon as I sent the comment.
Oh god, this is depressing. Couldn’t even smile.
It is hard to smile these days.
Right?
We’re going to throw our support towards the youngest candidate (of the sane ones), the mayor of the third largest city who’s real doing some good things. It’s a long shot – but the younger generation seems to be waking up.
Absolutely. The main opposition “force” back in Serbia are students. Idealistic, proactive, pure, energetic. We desperately need a new perspective. New kids on the block.