We are being told that the California Republican Party has made a major “leap” in the past seven years. No need to make statements, get emotional or unprofessional. Instead let the numbers speak for themselves.
From close of registration for 2012 Primary till close of registration for 2020 Primary
2,745,412 MORE Voters
248,506 LESS Republicans
Pay for Political Party Chairs
Sen. Jim Brulte, rate of $180,000 per year former Assemblyman, State Senator
Democrat Chair Rusty Hicks $127.500 a year Former Labor union leader
Jessica Patterson, $250,000 per year Founder of California Trailblazers, political staffer
The Status of the Republican Party in California—By the Numbers
Stephen Frank, Exclusive to the California Political News and Views 3/9/20
The first step for an addict is to admit you have a problem, if they want to recover. On February 29 Cynthia Bryant, the CEO/ED of the California Republican Party sent an eBlast to the CRP email list.
The opening line was, “And it got me thinking about what a leap the California Republican Party has made since I arrived here 7 years ago.” She makes a great point. Let us see the advances made by the Republican Party in California since 2013. following is totally objective, with all the statistics coming from the Secretary of State. The numbers speak for themselves. All of this is public record—both the Democrats and the media have it. No State secrets. You determine the “leap the Republican Party has made in seven years.
VOTER REGISTRATION
May 2012 17,915,053
February 18, 2020 20,660,465
GOP Registration
2013 5,186,492
Feb. 18. 2020 4,937,986
From close of registration for 2012 Primary till close of registration for 2020 Primary
2,745,412 MORE Voters
248,506 LESS Republicans
There are 153 Legislative seats up in each General Election: 80 Assembly, 20 State Senate and 53 Congressional. How many November General Election seat did not have a Republican on the ballot?
2012: Congress—8 races without a Republican
Senate 6 races without a Republican
Assembly 15 races without a Republican
2014: Congress 8 races without a Republican
Senate 5 races without a Republican
Assembly 12 races without a Republican
2016: Congress 9 races without a Republican
Senate 6 races without a Republican
Assembly 15 races without a Republican
2018: Congress 7 races without a Republican
Senate 6 races without a Republican
Assembly 19 races without a Republican
2020: Congress 8 races without a Republican
Senate 9 races without a Republican
Assembly 18 races without a Republican
Office Holders
2013 Congress 12 GOP members
Senate 14 GOP members
Assembly 28 GOP members
2015 Congress 11 GOP members
Senate 12 GOP members
Assembly 25 GOP members
2017 Congress 12 GOP members
Senate 12 GOP members
Assembly 24 GOP members
2019 Congress 6 GOP members (Hunter vacancy)
Senate 10 GOP members (Plus one GOP vacancy)
Assembly 18 GOP members
Note that in 2016 and 2018 the United States Senate race had TWO Democrats on the November ballot, NO Republican.
It should be noted that except for September, 2019, the California Republican Party has not had a voter registration project since March, 2013. During that time the Democrats, the unions, Tom Steyer all had major voter registration efforts.
All the information listed above came from the California Secretary of State’s web site
After reading the real numbers do they represent the “leap” you wanted from the past seven years? Before we can recover, we have to admit we have a problem.
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