America's Future First Female President Doing Well in Latest Race

[Adam_Fulford]

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[TBODY] [FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2]Gubernatorial Primary Election[/FONT]
[FONT color=#003399 size=4][/FONT][FONT color=#333333 size=4]Secretary of State[/FONT] [FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2]Democratic Party  [img height=505 alt="" src="http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/sec/mapDD060606235829.gif" width=600 useMap=#Counties border=0] [BR clear=all]
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[Adam_Fulford]

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[DIV class=ItemHeadline]DEBRA BOWEN, AMERICA'S FUTURE PRESIDENT, WINS CA DEM SEC. OF STATE NOMINATION! Ortiz Concedes...

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[DIV class=ItemSubHeadline]Tells BRAD BLOG that 20% margin win is [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"]'a major victory for grassroots organizing'[/FONT]

[DIV class=ItemSubSubHeadline]Plans to continue investigating reported problems in today's elections around the state...[/DIV]
 [img hspace=6 src="http://www.bradblog.com/Images/DebraBowen_ForSoS_Winner.jpg" align=left vspace=3 border=0]Updating this item with the latest news on top now. See 'below the fold' for the earlier reports, and the map of Bowen's enormous win!

1:04a PT... I just got off the phone with Senator Bowen where she's just heard from Senator Ortiz who has conceded!

It was a remarkable win, in many ways, given the 56% undecided in the state just a few days ago, and the fact that she was outspent by Ortiz, who also ran TV spots over the weekend (Bowen didn't run any, by the way.)

I asked her then to what she attributes this victory (with a whopping 20%+ margin) to?

"I think it's a major victory for grassroots organizing. People sent out messages to their email lists, to their friends. We used the net and the blogs to get our message out. I think it's also that people are beginning to understand if you don't make sure that elections mean something, you will lose your democracy."

([A href="http://www.bradblog.com/"][FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0000bf" color=#fed958]The BRAD BLOG[/FONT][/A][FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0000bf"] [/FONT]was one small part of that netroots efforts with our recent [A href="http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002909.htm"][FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0060bf" color=#fed958]endorsement and interview of Bowen[/FONT][/A], which was [A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-friedman/america-needs-debra-bowen_b_22236.html"][FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0000bf" color=#fed958]crossposted over at Huffington Post[/FONT][/A]. You guys did all the rest!)

Was she surprised? "I really had no idea what to excpect. The 56% undecided a few days ago was rather...unnerving."

So what's the message that needs to get out between now and November? "People need to take a look at what's happened in the Secretary of State's office. The issues with voter registration and his certification of these voting machines....I mean look at what happened today with the problems around the state. I'm concerned about what happened in Kern County...and I won in Kern County!"

Will you be looking into it? Even though you won it? "You bet I will!"

Our kind of patriot. (Some of those meltdowns [A href="http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002916.htm"][FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0000bf" color=#fed958]reported earlier here[/FONT][/A][FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0000bf"].)[/FONT]

Glad it wasn't a squeaker. I gotta be up in about [STRIKE]5[/STRIKE] 4 hours to do a radio show...And tomorrow's gonna be another big day. I just have a feeling...Congrats Senator! We'll be right there with you through November!

See below for earlier reports from the evening and map as of 1:04am...