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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