Chavez drops Senate campaign, recommits to Assembly

As reported by CalWatchdog.com:

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In dramatic fashion, Assemblyman Rocky Chavez announced Monday he was suspending his campaign to replace the retiring Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer while at a debate for that seat.

“I think the best role I can fill for the Republican Party and moving the agenda forward … is to run for my Assembly seat,” the Oceanside Republican said during the debate’s opening comments. “I’m not going to be running for the United States Senate, and I’ll leave the field right now.”

And like that, he was gone.

Chavez had struggled to keep up financially. As of the end of 2015, Attorney General Kamala Harris, the Democratic frontrunner, had nearly $4 million in the bank. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Garden Grove, was relatively close …

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  1. The GOP Committees & RNC give almost NO HELP TO GOP candidates. Yes, they whine that we can’t get a Rep elected, yet they do NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to help the candidates out.

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