AD 74 Watch: Howard Ahmanson Weighs In
Posted by Scott Carpenter on June 2, 2014
As if the Assembly District 74 race hadn’t been entertaining enough, former GOP stalwart and conservative activist Howard Ahmanson made a late push attacking Keith Curry and attacking Anila Ali, while pumping up Karina Onofre in this mailer sent to democrats:
Ahmanson didn’t stop there, his Fieldsted & Co. has also made contributions to Curry and Ali’s opponents Emanuel Patrascu, Matthew Harper and Karina Onofre. This is quite interesting, it appears Ahmanson is trying to drive a wedge in the Democratic primary and see which viable GOP alternative can advance against Curry. Ahmanson famously left the GOP in 2008 saying the hard line stance against taxes was evidence of misplaced priorities. Interestingly he joined the Democratic Party which is much more in opposition to his social views. Picking Onofre, who claims she is a conservative Democrat, seems to be the “most” in line with the direction he wishes to see the party move. However the more practical purpose of these moves is to see a division in the Democratic primary prevail. About 25 hours from now we will see if it was too little too late.
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karinaonofre said
Oh my Gosh, I’m surrounded by angels in this campaign that I am running for full heartedly and with the best intentions, thank you so much Howard Ahmanson! This is a blessing and may God bless you and your family more!
OCInsider#33 said
Karina…sweetie…what he’s really trying to do is…..never mind…I just can’t make myself tell you.
Allan Bartlett said
LOL Insider!
Craig P. Alexander said
Scott Carpenter – thanks for posting this and the picture of the mailer for those of us who do not live in the District. The 74th Assembly District race sure is “interesting!”
Greg Diamond said
Howard Ahmanson’s a Democrat now? Don’t we get to vote on this?