Carl Wood is the Democratic candidate for the CA 65th Assembly District, the most depressed area in the nation after Detroit. Carl is a lifelong labor guy with deep roots in the community. As Public Utilities Commissioner, Carl Wood helped guide the state through the disastrous energy crisis, protecting the interests of workers and working class utility consumers. Wood is unapologetically liberal and direct, in a very pleasant way. Here he is at the California Democratic Convention last April 2010:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juWCJN2JeLc&feature=channel

 Crossposted from Calitics

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Disclosure: I've been with this campaign since the 2007 CDP convention.

Manuel Perez has a significant, double-digit lead over his Republican opponent and
is well-positioned to win back the seat for Democrats in California's 80th Assembly

That's the latest polling we have (Source: Heidi von Szeliski and Associates), and it looks good all over.

This has been a district made for Democrats to win since the last redistricting, and yet we've lost over and over. But now California Democrats are heading into the general of a key battleground for our 2/3 majority fight with four major factors in our favor: numbers, nominee, polling and ground game.



Maps, polling, links galore over the flip. (Originally posted at Calitics.)   Read More »

Yet another reason to love Air America: Stephanie Miller and Jim Ward are coming to the desert in support of Democrats of the Desert Annual Awards Dinner:



The money we raise supports Democratic candidates in the CA-45th Congressional district, the 80th and 64th California Assembly Districts, and the California 37th Senate District. We're making Democrats cool here, at last, as Julie Bornstein recently exhorted us to do. KPTR is beloved of all Democrats out here, and they're giving our sponsors one heck of a deal. Tell your friends, and come out to the Palm Springs area this April to party with us. Stephanie Miller!