Tag: Duncan Hunter
2020 Q1 Campaign Finance: What 50th Congressional District Candidates Raised and Spent
Last year at this time, the 50th Congressional District, a large swath of land that stretches from the San Diego suburbs to the outskirts of the Salton Sea, was considered a lock for former Representative Duncan Hunter. However a scandal...
Former Congressman Duncan Hunter to Receive 11 Months in Prison Over Campaign Fund Misuse
On Tuesday, federal judge Thomas J. Whelan of the District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego sentenced former Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) to 11 months in prison on the basis of Hunter pleading guilty on one...
Congressman Duncan Hunter Changes Plea to Guilty Over Campaign Fund Misuse
The campaign finance scandal trial of Representative Duncan Hunter, a California Republican serving the 50th Congressional district in San Diego, took an unusual turn Monday as he changed his plea to guilty. 60 criminal counts and plane tickets for a...
Republicans Aim To Be Hunter Killers
In California’s 50th district, Republicans Darrell Issa, Carl DeMaio and Brian Jones are challenging incumbent Duncan Hunter, who faces trial on corruption charges. Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, who lost to Hunter by only 3.4 percentage points last year, is also in...
McCarthy Wants CA High-Speed Rail Funding Repurposed For Water Storage Projects
Republican California Congressman Kevin McCarthy has fired the next volley in the war over the 3.5 billion in federal funds meant for the state’s troubled high speed rail project. McCarthy (R-CA), Congressional Representative for most of Kern, Tulare and Northeast...
Duncan Hunter Dodges Democratic Challenger and Federal Indictment
Despite facing a federal indictment charge relating to personal spending of campaign money, Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-San Diego) has locked down a sixth straight seat in the House of Representatives. Hunter was able to prevail not only against the charges,...