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Defending the Party’s Turf in the Wake of Scandal
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Defending the Party’s Turf in the Wake of Scandal
The 4th District of California The Candidates The Campaign The Results
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The 4th District of California
Race/Ethnicity 85.6% White 1.6% Black 10.7% Hispanic 4% Asian
Occupation 63% White Collar 20% Blue Collar
Median Income $61.2k in district $58.3k in state
Partisanship 47.2% Republican
30.6% Democrats
‘04 Presidential Vote
Bush, +24%
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The Candidates: Republican Tom McClintock
Occupation
Director of the Center for the California Taxpayer, 1992-94
Director, Golden State Center for Policy Studies, 1995-96
Political Experience
California Assembly, 1982-92, 1996-2000
California State Senate, 2000-08
SOURCE: mcclintock.house.gov
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The Candidates: Democrat Charlie Brown
Occupation Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force, ret.
Political Experience
Democratic Nominee for 2nd District in 2006 (lost by 8,819 votes)
SOURCE: www.charliebrownforcongress.org
Table 1. Campaign Fund Raising and Spending by Reporting Period in California’s 4th District
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The Campaign: The Polls
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The Campaign: “Patriotism Before Partisanship”
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The Campaign: “Jan Brown”
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The Campaign: “Real Freedom”
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The Campaign: “Charlie Brown Jobs Plan”
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The Campaign: “Table Talk”
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The Campaign: “Charlie Brown Was There”
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The Campaign: “Another Liberal Democrat”
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The Campaign: “Two Men”
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The Campaign: “Travel’n Tom I”
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The Campaign: “Travel’n Tom II”
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The Campaign: “Brown Newspaper Endorsements”
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The Results