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SOURCE: The Press Enterprise
Democrats and Republicans kicked off a final push Saturday to turn out voters in a pair of overlapping Riverside County legislative districts that have emerged as among the most competitive Assembly and Senate races on Tuesday's ballot.
In the 31st state Senate District, stretching from Corona to Moreno Valley, Republican Jeff Miller and Democrat Richard Roth spent Saturday calling undecided voters after sending off dozens of volunteers to walk precincts to try to win over undecided voters.
Democrat Jose Medina and Republican Bill Batey did much the same in the 61st Assembly District, which covers the eastern half of the 31st.
"This election will be close. This is ground zero," Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff told volunteers at Miller’s Corona headquarters Saturday morning.
A few hours later, Assembly Speaker John A. Perez, D-Los Angeles, and several Assembly Democrats arrived by bus to rally supporters at Medina’s Riverside campaign headquarters.
"We have come too far to let anything get in the way of victory," Perez told the crowd in a sun-drenched parking lot.
It’s been two decades since Republicans and Democrats seriously clashed in a western Riverside County legislative contest.
Last year’s redraw of the state’s political map, though, turned the area into a bullseye of competitive seats. Radio ads, mailers and cable TV commercials by candidates and independent groups have saturated the area.
Huff, Perez and other legislative leaders are actively engaged in the contests. Some of their employees, taking vacation time, were among the volunteers knocking on doors Saturday.
The outcome in the 31st could determine if Democrats reach a two-thirds supermajority in the state Senate that would allow them to pass tax legislation without Republican votes.
Both sides have targeted millions of dollars at the race. Total spending is already at more than $7 million.
Saturday, Miller volunteers fueled up on coffee and pastries before heading out from the campaign's headquarters in a Corona office park. They wore blue sports-style T-shirts with "Miller" and the number 31 on the back.
Miller said the campaign already has communicated with tens of thousands of voters in person and by phone. They repeat the campaign's theme: that Roth's election would give Democrats a free hand to raise taxes.
"Remember when you’re out there, we’ve got the message. We have the issues," Miller told the volunteers.
Roth volunteers also hit the streets early. They emphasized Roth's military background and what the campaign calls Miller's ineffectiveness during his four years in the Assembly.
"I assume it's a toss-up. I don't know what's going to happen," Roth said in his office down the hall from his Riverside campaign headquarters. The scene was relatively quiet a few hours after what the Democrat described as "an army" of volunteers gathered to get their lists of voters to visit.
In the 61st, Batey's campaign is pushing to overcome Democrats' registration edge and district voters' historical preference for Democratic candidates in national and statewide races.
A Batey victory would reduce Democrats' Assembly majority, which now is just two seats shy of a two-thirds supermajority.
As he boarded the speaker's bus to walk precincts in Riverside's Woods Streets, Medina said voters should have a pretty good idea about him and Batey after months of campaigning.
"Now it's just a question of voters turning out and supporting me," he said.
The World War II Veteran and five-term State Senator calls Medina, “a proven and principled leader that we can trust to bring common-sense solutions that put Riverside County families first to Sacramento.”
(RIVERSIDE, CA) – The campaign of local Riverside educator and former community college Trustee Jose Medina, today announced earning the endorsement of retired State Senator Robert B. Presley.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Officially certified election results show Medina with a solid overall first place finish and wins in the key cities of Riverside as well as general election opponent Bill Batey's home turf, the Moreno Valley.
RIVERSIDE, CA – Officially certified election results released by the Riverside County Registrar of Voters late last week show teacher and former community college trustee, Jose Medina as the overwhelming winner in the June primary election for Assembly District 61.
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