It looks like the SD-28 (Torrance) special election is turning out to be a bust. This district recently made national headlines, with proclamations such as "Dead Woman wins Election in California." But in California's famously gerrymandered districts, there was no way that John Stammreich, her Republican challenger, was ever going to win that race.
Senate District 28 belongs to the Democrats.
Initially there was some hope that some real contenders would emerge for the special election. The RIDE2REPEAL.COM game plan is to volunteer for the electable candidate who supports repeal of the helmet law. In urban Democratic districts, this is the only way to make progress.
The first name to pop up was Ted Lieu, termed-out Assembly member. Lieu has never voted on helmet law repeal, so it will take some time and effort to find out. Next came Jennifer Hahn, LA City Council member. Again, no voting record to go on.
Then Assembly Member Warren Furutani's name was mentioned. Not only does he vote against motorcyclists at every opportunity, he's also on the Transportation Committee. His winning would be bad for the Senate, but possibly good for the Assembly.
But in the end, both Hahn and Furutani dropped out of the race. Even Stammreich is sitting this one out. That means termed-out Assembly member Ted Lieu is now freshman Senator Ted Lieu.
We still need to find out where he stands on the helmet law. The best way, of course, is putting it to a vote. There is no better indicator of how they WILL vote than how they DID vote.
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