With just 32 days left until the California June 7 primary election, the airwaves are already saturated with TV ads of four candidates running to represent the 24th Congressional District.
Three weeks ago, Democrat Salud Carbajal — who had a whopping $1 million cash on hand in the latest three-month campaign finance reporting period — released a TV ad juxtaposing himself against Donald Trump. “ … That’s not how we do things on the Central Coast,” he says after a very short clip of Trump proclaiming “What a stiff” and “I’d like to punch him in the face.” Carbajal continues, “We stand up to intolerance, and we give everyone a voice.”
Carbajal, serving in the nonpartisan seat of county supervisor for nearly 12 years, distanced himself from the Republican presidential hopeful known for his offensive tirades. “I think a lot of Democrats don’t like Trump and a lot of not-Democrats don’t like Trump,” said Bill Carrick, Congressmember Lois Capps’s longtime media consultant, who is currently working on Loretta Sanchez’s Senate race.