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Diamond Member
SACRAMENTO, California — First a Democratic gerrymander pushed California House Republicans to the brink of extinction. Now they’re fighting each other for scraps.
In a state where Republicans had long counted on congressional races to exert some influence in Washington, just four of California’s 52 House seats are now safe for the GOP. And a decades-long slide for the party has reached a new nadir as Republicans surveying the landscape use words like “demoralized,” “massacred” and “obliteration.”
“I’m sure Gavin Newsom and the Democrats are sitting back laughing and enjoying the havoc they’ve wreaked on the Republicans in California,” said Dave Gilliard, a veteran consultant who represents several House Republicans. “It’s going to be crazy next year, no doubt about it.”
The state of the California GOP is to say the least is pity full. Farmers in the Central Valley are pissed over the ICE raids that leave without workers to pick their crops. The Valley is very red, but with farmers hurting ,Democrats could make inroads.in that once very red Valley
In a state where Republicans had long counted on congressional races to exert some influence in Washington, just four of California’s 52 House seats are now safe for the GOP. And a decades-long slide for the party has reached a new nadir as Republicans surveying the landscape use words like “demoralized,” “massacred” and “obliteration.”
“I’m sure Gavin Newsom and the Democrats are sitting back laughing and enjoying the havoc they’ve wreaked on the Republicans in California,” said Dave Gilliard, a veteran consultant who represents several House Republicans. “It’s going to be crazy next year, no doubt about it.”
The state of the California GOP is to say the least is pity full. Farmers in the Central Valley are pissed over the ICE raids that leave without workers to pick their crops. The Valley is very red, but with farmers hurting ,Democrats could make inroads.in that once very red Valley