You would think that with the decrease in jobs in San Diego coupled with deflating home values would mean a change in Duncan Hunter's district. Right? Wrong. The people in the rural communities of East County want another Rubber Stamp Republican to take over:
Campaign finance reports filed this week show Duncan D. Hunter, 31, a Marine captain, collected $278,816 in the first three months of 2008, far more than any of the other candidates. He has collected a total of $503,132 and had $263,253 in cash on hand as of March 31, when the reporting period closed.
Hunter, a Republican, is one of seven candidates seeking the party's nomination June 3 in the 52nd Congressional District, which covers much of East County and northeastern San Diego County. It is one of two open congressional seats in the state for the June primary.
While the district is heavily Republican, Democratic candidate Mike Lumpkin, 43, raised the second-highest amount of money during the first quarter of 2008. Lumpkin, a retired Navy SEAL commander, raised $87,377 in the quarter, for a total of $163,071.
Yes, that is Duncan Hunter's son leading the financing race in my district and he has already told constituents that he will vote for the same things his father did: guns, God and a border fence.