Our Democracy
Every. Vote. Counts.
A total of 338,943 votes were cast in the CA-25 congressional election. Christy Smith lost her bid to unseat Mike Garcia by 333 votes.
“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”
- Misattributed to Thomas Jefferson
I can see California’s 25th congressional district from my front porch. At first glance, the people who live on the next block over seem no different than me, but according to media reports, there is a widening gulf between us. The road that bisects my neighborhood may look ordinary, but it actually serves as the dividing line between Red and Blue America. In the 30th congressional district, we are represented by the Corporate Democrat Brad Sherman while my “neighbors” across the way are represented by Republican Mike Garcia. We obviously have nothing in common.
It did not have to be this way. Registered Democrats actually outnumber Republicans in the district and the then up and coming Democratic star Katie Hill upset the Republican incumbent, Steve Knight, to turn the seat blue in the 2018 midterms. Unfortunately, Hill was a victim of both…
