27May2008

A Closer Look at District 3 State Senate Race

By Aimee Allison under Focus, Politics

This morning, I interviewed all three candidates this morning for the State Senate District 3 race incumbant State Senator Carole Migden, Assemblymember Mark Leno and former Assemblymember Joe Nation. The race is a hot one for many reasons. First, District 3 runs from San Francisco where the bulk of voters are, north to Marin County and Sonoma County. It’s long been a Democratic Party sure thing, which makes the June 3rd primary the most important. But this race pits candidates who share some of the same policy position against each other. There are differences though. In this interview, Migden points out that Leno voted for expanding state prison spending, Nation points out loss of education funding under Migden and Leno clearly stands for the single payer solution to the healthcare crisis. There are indications that this race could lead to an upset, if you believe the latest polls. I asked some tough questions toward the end of this interview, too - Migden and the election violations, Leno and splitting the LGBT vote and Nation exploiting the split base to take the seat. What are your thoughts?

KPFA Morning Show archive of entire show here.

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