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a huge win for Donald Trump and
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Republicans nationally but what happened
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here in California coming up I'll walk
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through the closest races the ones that
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are undecided and why Republicans have a
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lot of reasons to cheer here in
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California I'm Carl Deo chairman of
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Reform California and what an election
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it was I am so thrilled because our
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country has been given an opportunity to
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start to turn the page on a lot of
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problems that we've been suffering under
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for the past four years a uh epic
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comeback political comeback for
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president Donald Trump and uh uh a
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popular vote Victory it seems for him
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nationally um we can celebrate that we
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can celebrate the fact that Republicans
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took control of the US Senate and
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actually won a ton of Senate seats they
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weren't expected to win plus they are
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going to hold on to the House
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Representatives but here in
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California uh there is actually some
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good bright points that Republicans can
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celebrate now I think they could have
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done better but again a lot of races are
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undecided there are a lot of ballots
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left to be counted as I warned you in
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yesterday's show nearly 10 million
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ballots are left to be counted
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throughout the state of California which
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is unacceptable that we have to wait
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weeks for the returns the final Returns
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the results but there are a number of
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key wins that I want to cover and a
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number of uncalled toss-up races uh too
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close to call and so I will go through
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our comprehensive list first and
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foremost if you will allow me just a
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moment of indulgence um let me talk
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about my own race uh and then we'll get
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to the Statewide races uh as many of you
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know I was on the ballot for a State
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Legislative seat here in San Diego
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County District 75 the 75th assembly uh
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district and the Democrats and the
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Sacramento swamp interest they spent
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more than
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$3.5 million to try to stop me from
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going into the legislature they did it
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because they know I can't be bullied I
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can't be bought and I can't be
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intimidated that I'm a fighter and that
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our reformed California movement is
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really the only thing standing up to
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oppose their terrible agenda and their
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onep party
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rule they spent that money because they
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were trying to get their anointed
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Sacramento swamp staffer in this seat
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because they knew that he would do
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whatever they wanted him to do so the
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battle lines were pretty clearly drawn
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and this wasn't this was actually a
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republican Republican race um in the end
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the voters were
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absolutely um
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amazing they gave me a 60% win uh in
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this race now there are ballots still to
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be counted but that is a decisive
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Victory and I want to thank the voters
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of the 75th district for your trust your
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support you've given me a mandate to go
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inside the belly of the Beast to speak
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truth to power to shine a light on the
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corruption the broken system in
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Sacramento and to be your voice of
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opposition we're probably not going to
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win votes initially
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but you will hear our voice and once
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people start hearing our voice I believe
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it will impact votes and of course we
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are going to be laying out Solutions and
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we're going to be recruiting candidates
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up and down the state of
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California to try to break that super
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majority remember reform California did
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it we were the organization that broke
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the super majority back in 2017 by
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recalling state senator Josh Newman we
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did it before we can do it again and uh
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I want to thank the voters for giving me
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that opportunity and what will this will
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do is by going inside the belly of the
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Beast you're going to be given an inside
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view every day of what really is going
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on in the state legislature but you're
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also going to see us forming a reformed
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California caucus with other principled
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Fighters and I think that that will be a
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deciding factor in uh really changing uh
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the concept of having an opposition
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party in California um let me uh tell
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you this is our quick video that we uh
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did in my race and then I'm going to
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cover the all the close races in the
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state of California um we had political
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establishment swampy politicians
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Republican couple Republicans and
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Democrats come together saying we're the
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unprecedented Coalition we hate Carl
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Deo and the voters are like yeah and
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this is the closing video we did in my
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campaign I just want to share it with
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you because it does reflect the
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wonderful hard work that the entire
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Grassroots movement supporting me in
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this race
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did on our behalf in an election year
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marked by Deep political divisions there
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is one message that has unified some
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Republican and Democratic leaders don't
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vote for Carl Deo that that means that
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we don't have two parties we have a unit
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party and I'm not bulli I'm not someone
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they can intimidate they can't buy me
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I'm their worst nightmare we don't have
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to
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tolerate one party that hurts us with
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bad policies and another party that
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hurts us by surrendering on a consist
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basis we deserve
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[Applause]
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better don't flee that's what the
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Sacramento swamp wants you to do stand
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and fight
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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we're going to fight every day we're
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going to fight with every fighter of our
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being we're not going to give up this
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state you've never had an opposition for
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the last 20 years you better get ready
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for one you better get ready for the
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voice of opposition and I know so many
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other principled Fighters are going to
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join us in our voice of opposition and
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it's going to make a difference so this
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is a turning point I believe a great
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result thank you for all of your support
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thank you to the voters okay let's talk
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about the closest races in California
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there's a lot of good news okay there's
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a lot of good news we're not going to
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turn the state red overnight but what
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you saw last night these results pretty
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damn good uh again this is despite the
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fact that we don't really have a
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political party on the Republican side
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that's actually got its act together so
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all the results I'm about to share with
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you it's all despite the ineptitude and
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competence of the Republican party of
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California r large um it's because these
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individual candidates really worked hard
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and some other groups really worked hard
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to support them uh first and foremost
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president Trump's numbers president
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Donald Trump is at 40% that's up six
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points from 2020 this is a huge shift
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shows that voters are moving in
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California to the right uh and it also
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shows that California was decisive to
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Trump's National Victory by likely
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giving him the margin he's going to need
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for the popular vote so this is
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extraordinary uh Californians shifting
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in favor of President Trump in the US
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Senate also Steve Garvey while falling
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short got to 43% at last count very very
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good it's a very marked shift uh for uh
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that race Statewide the Statewide ballot
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measures the good the bad the ugly first
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let's start out with the good we saved
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Prop 13 uh we defeated prop five by 10
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points 55 to 45 uh that would have made
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tax increases easier in the state of
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California by gutting a key provision of
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Prop 13 um we also passed prop 36 by a
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landslide 70% yes on make crime illegal
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again initiative amazing um we also uh
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uh seem to have stopped the boondoggle
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uh sorry the um uh uh inflation spikers
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minimum wage increase at last count
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losing 52 to 48 and rank control thank
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goodness once again losing 60% to
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40% um good numbers and uh the bad news
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uh the medical tax prop 35 passed and
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the boondoggle bonds prop two and four
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both of those passed now mind you we
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kept those bonds to roughly you know 56
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57% um this is despite being outspent 30
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to1 on the local tax measures we've
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defeated at last count more than a 100
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local tax increases and we're waiting on
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um about another hundred more um which
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are too close to call uh so uh about
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half the tax increas is going down in
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flames uh let's talk about the US House
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of Representatives US House of
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Representatives you can thank California
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for a house majority um you also can
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thank California or curse California for
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the margin uh because right now there
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are at last count probably five seats
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that are undecided that could either add
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to the House Majority for the
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Republicans or take uh some seats away
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but the House Majority is secure because
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of the house uh Republicans in
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California Kylie won his race decidedly
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58 to 42 uh we also uh see uh Kevin
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Lincoln uh only a point behind Josh
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Harter in Central Valley that would be a
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republican pickup seat District 13 John
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DTE is leading 51.4 to 48.6 that would
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be a retention seat very key I think
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John is in a good position to keep that
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seat um we also have um going down the
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list uh David valo uh 5545 that seat uh
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is one for valo that's a retention seat
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then we go to uh Mike Garcia in uh Santa
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florita Mike Garcia is right now
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hovering at
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51.2% very tight uh hope he can hold on
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I think he can but that would be a
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retention seat uh oh young Kim Won her
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seat 57% that's a retention seat Ken
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Calvert right now barely winning with 1%
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of the vote 50.5 to 49.5 I think that
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will be a retention seat but too close
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to call got to keep our eye on it then
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we look at Michelle steel 52.5 to 47.5 I
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think that's a retention seat still too
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close to call we have to look at those
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absentee
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ballots um then we take a look at Scott
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B winning just barely right now too
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close to call that would be a pickup
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seat uh Matt Gunderson only uh two
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points behind Mike Levan that would be a
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pickup seat so these are very promising
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numbers we retained our seats or they're
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too close to call uh or we are poised to
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win and pick up some seats we've lost no
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seats at this point and we hope to
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continue to see that and add some then
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in the State uh assembly um uh we're
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hopeful that my good friend Christy
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Bruce Lane may be able to make up ground
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she's right now two and a half points
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down of flipping a Democrat seat um
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you've got uh Lori Davies uh two and a
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half points up on retaining her seat in
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San Diego and Orange County District 74
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keep an eye on that still too close to
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call let's go to District 58 first 50
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51% 50.6 right now she's leading that
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would be a pickup seat got to be careful
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of that one those provisional ballots
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and absentee ballots we don't know how
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they're going to break but that would be
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amazing if she could win that seat she
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got no support from the Republican party
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no money uh imagine what would happen if
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we actually gave her some money then we
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got District 47 Greg Wallace trailing by
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just four 410 of a point um My Hope Is
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that he uh pulls that out I think he can
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um then we've got uh in
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District
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um 40 Patrick Gibson only 710 of a
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percentage Point behind the incumbent
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Democrat that would be a pickup SE seat
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that would be very good um then we've
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got District
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36 yes District 32 Jeff Gonzalez winning
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the seat so far by two percentage points
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51 to 49 too close to call that would be
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amazing because the party cut his
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funding three weeks before election day
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why this was a pickup seat why did you
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do that um it's in incredibly uh
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shortsighted um he's a great candidate
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uh and he deserved better um then we've
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got um uh in District
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27 Joanna Garcia Rose only two and a
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half points behind maybe she can make up
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ground that would be a pickup seat and
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then of course we've got
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uh district 7 which is my good friend
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Josh Hoover he is right now up um three
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4% uh on his seat now all of this
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hopefully we win seats there's two or
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three seats I think we can win out of
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this Bunch many more if they had run
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better campaigns on the part of the
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Republican party of California but those
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three seats in a presidential year would
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be amazing even one of those three seats
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very very solid um now let's take a look
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at State Senate right now we have an
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opportunity maybe to win one state
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senate seat as a pickup and that's
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Stephen Choy versus Josh Newman in
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Orange County keep an eye on this two
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percentage points difference between the
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uh the two candidates there um again
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Josh Newman the deciding vote for the
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gas tax and the C tax there's a bunch of
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local races as well so what I want you
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to do is encourage you to look at your
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local County websites and understand
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that the numbers you're looking at right
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now are not the final numbers um some
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races are way too close to call numbers
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will change why because as I warned you
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yesterday we have nearly 10 million
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ballots uncounted in the state of
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California it is unconscionable that we
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have that many uncounted ballots third
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world countries can finish counting the
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vote on the same day that they hold
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their elections but not California no no
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no no we're inept um and so recognize
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that numbers will shift a bit in the
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coming days and weeks some races won't
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be decided for three to four weeks and
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that's sad uh but in the meantime we're
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doing something called ballot curing
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what is ballot curing ballot curing is
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that we go out and find out which
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Republican and conservative independent
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ballots have been rejected for mismatch
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signatures and then what we do is we go
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and we contact those voters and let them
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know so they can fix their signature
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that they can fix whatever problem uh
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led the registar voters in that county
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to reject their ballot this is a very
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normal process by the way it's a healthy
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process it's good um we need your help
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because we left it all on the field we
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are completely out of funds as a
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campaign at reform California for us to
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help other candidates and ballot
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measures cure ballots we're going to
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need your help please chip in a
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contribution right now to our emergency
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ballot curing fund go to the website
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reform california.org click under
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contribute because the money that we're
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spending that we're raising in these
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next few days goes 100% to ballot curing
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and supporting these candidates as they
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are trying to maintain their leads or
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make up ground go to reform
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california.org please do that
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immediately we need your help so I
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wanted to give you a quick take on the
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good news from California uh there's a
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lot to be happy about uh we can do
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better um if we have better campaigns in
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2026 we do even better but this is a a
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major shift the data shows a shift
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towards Republicans in California in a
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presid presidential year that is that's
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an accomplishment it really is but more
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needs to be done also um keep looking at
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these websites your local site and the
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state site uh Secretary of State site
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for ongoing updates in these key races
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these are the key races throughout the
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state that we are tracking that are too
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close to call that will have a profound
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impact on a number of um uh boards and
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commissions and legislative seats keep
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watching anything can happen in the
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coming days until next time I'm very
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grateful Carl Deo chairman of Reform
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California thanks for watching and I
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