The race for Governor is starting to brighten up.
Doug Ose, the former Congress from Sacramento County, finally realized it was a fool's errand to split the vote. He has announced that he will drop out of the race.
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Monday, citing a crowded field of candidates and lack of fundraising needed to
defeat Democrats, who are leading in the polls.
communicate a message," Ose said in an interview.
donors would not support him.
campaign to the level that needs to be done," he said. "The people
that have traditionally written $25,000 checks are now writing $1,000 checks
because they don't see a path for a Republican to win."
other Republican rivals, Orange County Assemblyman Travis Allen and businessman
John Cox, would face the same challenge.
“There’s no money and there’s nobody willing to invest in a statewide
Republican campaign.”
the frontrunner in the race to succeed Gov. Jerry Brown. Neither he nor his
Democratic challengers — former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, state
Treasurer John Chiang or former state schools chief Delaine Eastin — earned the
Democratic Party's endorsement at their convention in San Diego this past
weekend.
campaign, but suggested that if it's a Democrat-on-Democrat race, he'd vote for
a moderate.
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Arthur,
We just got word that one of my Republican opponents dropped out of the race for Governor today.
This is fantastic news for California Republicans, because it means that we're one step closer to unifying the Republican vote in order to make it past the top-two Primary election and on to November.
But, there are still multiple Republicans in the race.
We're halfway to our $100,000 month-end fundraising goal ahead of the close of candidate filing on March 9th.
I need your help bringing it home in order to show our opponents that ours is the campaign our party needs to rally around, or else we could get shut out.
Before our Wednesday night deadline, please chip in $25, $250, $2,500 or whatever you can afford to help me hit this goal and ensure Republicans have a candidate in the November election.
Sincerely,
Travis Allen
P.S. If March 9th rolls around and multiple Republicans have filed to run for Governor, we risk letting two Democrats win the Primary. This is our last chance to ensure we have a single Republican candidate to unify the vote. We are leading in the polls, please help me show our opponents that we have the resources to win. Chip in $25 or more before our February fundraising deadline. Thanks, Travis