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California Congressional District 13

Josh Harder’s Shadow Looms Over District 13 Race for Congress

April 28, 2022 By Eric Caine 5 Comments

Josh Harder 2020

The conventional wisdom says Merced’s Adam Gray is an easy winner in this year’s race for Congress in California’s newly configured District 13 (CA-13). Gray’s years in the State Assembly District in the same region as CA-13 give him what amounts to incumbent status and his careful cultivation of the conservative Democrat “Blue Dog” persona theoretically immunizes him from threats to his right. It’s supposedly impossible for San Joaquin Valley […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Adam Gray for Congress, Assembly Member Adam Gray, California Congressional District 13, California Congressman Josh Harder, Phil Arballo for Congress

Was the (not) Adam Gray Tweet a Trial Balloon?

January 6, 2022 By Eric Caine 7 Comments

Josh Harder Del Rio

It’s no secret that Josh Harder’s successful campaign against Republican Congressman Jeff Denham in 2018 was a blow to Adam Gray’s political hopes. Insiders agree that Gray had planned to run against Denham in 2020, before he was termed out by the “lifetime” California term limits rule of 12 years total in office of any kind. Gray was elected to the 21st Assembly District in 2012, winning office with 58.2% […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Adam Gray, Assembly Member Adam Gray, California Congressional District 13, California Congressman Josh Harder, Congressman Josh Harder, Josh Harder for congress

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