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<br><br>The (New) 18th Congressional District race went about as expected--Eshoo 2/3, the Republican 1/3<br>and the other candidates negligible.<br><br>Except Eshoo is down toward 60% now, Chapman (R) is under 30%, and the two "other" candidates,<br>Brouillet (G) and Biill Parks (D), got 8.7 % between them--4.1% and 4.6% respectively.<br><br>Brouillet spent $16,000, and Parks spent $1000. This suggests to me that there is a critical mass that <br>is willing to vote for any Democrat other than the incumbent, and that we might do well to consider <br>that running our candidates as dissident Democrats in early-stage campaigns to achieve name recognition <br>and a support base until they become viable, and then having them flip to Green when they get <br>positioned for a win may be the best strategy.<br><br>The downside of course is that successful dissidents may be seduced by the Dems by the time they <br>get viable. <br><br><br><br><br> </div></body>
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