CD-39: Kim and Cisneros Early Leaders, Liberatore Surprising 3rd
Posted by Chris Nguyen on June 5, 2018
In early absentees in the race to succeed Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) in the 39th Congressional District, former Assemblywoman Young Kim (R-Fullerton) is a strong first place while lottery-winning philanthropist Gil Cisneros (D-Yorba Linda) has a small, but not insignificant, lead for second place. Shockingly, the best hope of a Republican-on-Republican contest appears to be not former Senator Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) nor Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson (R-Fullerton), but rather Businessman Phil Liberatore (R-La Habra). It appears Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spending $2.1 million to help Cisneros and attack Huff and Nelson was effective with early absentee voters, as was $310,000 of (Democratic) House Majority PAC spending that attacked Huff and boosted Liberatore.
I’m not listing all 17 candidates, just the top 8:
| Districtwide | Orange | San Bernardino | Los Angeles | ||
| Young Kim (R) | 9656 | 26% | 7632 | 607 | 1417 |
| Gil Cisneros (D) | 6060 | 16% | 4205 | 573 | 1282 |
| Phil Liberatore (R) | 4577 | 12% | 3190 | 704 | 683 |
| Andy Thorburn (D) | 2936 | 8% | 2009 | 338 | 589 |
| Shawn Nelson (R) | 2894 | 8% | 2262 | 206 | 426 |
| Bob Huff (R) | 2464 | 7% | 1227 | 390 | 847 |
| Sam Jammal (D) | 1872 | 5% | 1470 | 138 | 264 |
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