Monday, 20 June 2016

In California Senate Race, Will Business Groups Back a Democrat?

Loretta Sanchez’s campaign against Kamala Harris in the Democrat-on-Democrat California Senate race looks like a long shot.

She’s underfunded, didn’t win even 20 percent of the vote in last week’s primary, and is running against a candidate endorsed by the likes of Jerry Brown and Elizabeth Warren .

But the congresswoman from Southern California might find an unlikely ally in her bid to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer: the business community.

Business leaders who generally favor the Republican Party in California say they are considering backing Sanchez over Harris, convinced that the “Blue Dog” Democrat Sanchez would be a better ally in the Senate than the more liberal Harris, the state’s attorney general.

Their support would be a major help to Sanchez, whose campaign has spent months searching for a base of support. The Democratic Party, including many progressive activists and groups like EMILY’s List, have almost uniformly lined up behind Harris.   For the full article click here 



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