A look at the 42nd Republican Race

A look at the campaigns of the four Republican candidates with a week and a half to go.

Rep. Gary Miller: Has been sending out several mail pieces a week, for several weeks. About half have targeted Phil Liberatore. He has also had television and radio ads. Has put up a Phil Liberatore for Congress website and Lee McGroarty for Congress which list some of the baggage each candidate has.

Phil Liberatore: Appears to have the best chance of defeating Miller. He has spent close to $500,000. He regularly appears on local radio shows. He comments daily on his Facebook and Twitter pages. He has been running ads on television and radio. He has mailed several campaign pieces. One of them, claiming the endorsement of the Chairman of the Los Angeles County Republican Party, caused him some negative media attention.

Lee McGroarty: His campaign has become very quiet. According to his campaign website the last news release was May 17. He has not posted an event on his event page since he listed a May 8 event. I have yet to hear McGroarty on any radio talk show. He has never commented on his McGroarty for Congress Facebook page. He has not commented on his Twitter page since May 17. However, his campaign may be about to become more active. Any regular reader to our blog knows that for the last few weeks McGroarty supporters were commenting that Liberatore was under FEC investigation for sending out mail with his corporate logo. Since, only those that filed an FEC complaint can have knowledge of it, we commented that McGroarty, or one of his supporters, had filed a complaint. Yesterday we posted a story that a complaint regarding this issue was filed against Liberatore several weeks ago. McGroarty cannot win without defeating Miller AND Liberatore so this might be the beginning of an offensive against Liberatore. But there are less than two weeks to election day so if it happens, we will see it soon. As of the most recent FEC filings, McGroarty has the most cash on hand of the three challengers to Miller.

David Su: He has been flying under the radar and will probably surprise some people on election day with his vote total. He has appeared on the John and Ken show, as well as in several Asian newspapers. He has been walking door to door and put up campaign signs throughout the district. He also comments on his campaign facebook page daily.