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Christy Smith Indicates Support for Defunding LAPD, LA Sheriff in Tweet

July 9, 2020 5:18 pmJuly 10, 2020 3:43 pm

Wednesday, Democrat Assemblywoman Christy Smith (CA-25) Tweeted indicating support of the Los Angeles City Council and Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ decision to slash LAPD and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s budgets, blaming the cuts on an economic crisis created...

Smith Concedes 25th Congressional Election to Garcia

May 14, 2020 2:51 pm

Assemblywoman Christy Smith (D-Santa Clarita) conceded the 25th Congressional District special election late Wednesday night, giving Republican challenger Mike Garcia a virtually confirmed victory. Christy Smith concedes House race, Garcia claims victory While 82% of the final vote was in...

Did Ballot Harvesting Impact March 3 Bond and Tax Proposals?

May 14, 2020 2:26 amMay 13, 2020 10:36 pm

Unless both candidates and parties have equally effective voter harvesting operations, why wouldn’t it? Next day returns on the special election for California’s 25th congressional district indicate that a Republican, Mike Garcia, is holding a 56 percent to 44 percent lead over...

Garcia Leads Smith in 25th Congressional District Special Election

May 13, 2020 2:05 pmMay 13, 2020 10:38 pm

On Wednesday, former Navy pilot Mike Garcia was close to reaching a plurality of votes against Assemblywoman Christy Smith (D-Santa Clarita) following Tuesday’s 25th Congressional District special election. According to the California Secretary of State, Garcia currently has 80,337...

Smith, Garcia Remain Neck in Neck as Polls Close in LA County

May 12, 2020 8:31 pm

The battle between Assemblywoman Christy Smith (D-Santa Clarita) and Republican challenger Mike Garcia remained very close on Tuesday as voters in the Los Angeles and Ventura County district went to the polls. A huge division among supporters Both candidates are...

May 12th Special Election Preview

May 11, 2020 8:56 pmMay 12, 2020 8:32 pm

A special election is due in California on Tuesday, May 12th. Two major races will be up for grabs in California, both in the Southern part of the state. With the 25th Congressional District and the 28th State Senate District...

Assemblywoman Christy Smith (Photo: Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

Katie Hill Cuts Goofy Ad for Christy Smith

May 10, 2020 10:00 amJune 30, 2020 1:39 pm

For weeks now, the race in California 25 has been tightening. When freshman incumbent Katie Hill was forced to resign amid accusations of sexual and other workplace improprieties, it was assumed that her 8-point victory over incumbent Republican Steve Knight...