by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

CA-01: Mike Thompson beating Mitchell Clogg 86-13 so far.

CA-02: Jeff Morris is winning big.

CA-03: Bill Durston is only 3,000 votes behind Dan Lungren thus far.

CA-04: Tom McClintock has jumped out to a 53-38 lead.

CA-26: Russ Warner up 65-35.

CA-37: Richardson up 76-15.

CA-42: Ed Chau up 51-31 over Michael Williamson with Ron Shepston at 17%.

CA-46: Debbie Cook up 80-20.

CA-50: Nick Leibham up 55-45 thus far.  Cheryl Ede is hanging tough.

CA-51: The Libertarian candidate is nicknamed "Frodo".

CA-52: Mike Lumpkin is up 58-42; Duncan L. Hunter is up 74-14.

CA-53: Susan Davis up 89-10.

Other numbers not

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

As far as an overall take on the convention I would pretty much associate myself with Robert's remarks.  Ultimately these events are more important for the time-honored political practice of networking, of meeting and gathering impressions on colleagues and candidates for the future, not in a formal speech setting but one-on-one.  While these endorsement fights and resolutions and platforms get the attention of the activists and insiders, and as well you can pretty fairly judge the activist/establishment gaps in the party in this fashion (the activists got virtually everything they wanted in this convention, particularly with respect to the platform), ultimately it's about people.  And at Calitics we were determined to bring that experience right to you by collecting audio and/or video of some of our most promising Congressional candidates.

First up are Charlie Brown and Russ Warner, but before that I wanted to sketch out some of the other candidates I met over the weekend:

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

Parallels with McNerney win over Pombo Seen, but will it be enough?

By Randy Bayne
The Bayne of Blog's California Notes

Democrats in the 3rd Congressional District pinned their hopes on an emergency room physician in 2006 and lost. This year they are once again hoping that Dr. Bill Durston can win this one time Republican haven, and with news of the shrinking lead in Republican registration numbers in the district, many are taking that optimism to a new level.

Their optimism began with what they saw as a similarity between the history of Jerry McNerney's campaign in the 11th CD, and Durston's campaign in the 3rd. The numbers are similar, and the progress identical. Both lost their first time out, registration numbers became more favorable, and McNerney won his second try. is it possible, they wonder, for Durston to win this go round?
Republican voter registration in California is on the decline, but nowhere is the effect more pronounced than in the Sacramento region's 3rd Congressional District.

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]