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Partyin' With Rock Stars at the RNC

By Chris Frates // August 29, 2012 | 4:13 p.m.

Last night's Camp Freddy benefit concert honoring the California delegation raised $25,000 for the Wounded Warriors Family Foundation. Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray fame and Juliette Lewis sat in with the band for a few tunes at the show sponsored by Purple Strategies and ACCCE.

Reps. Kevin McCarthy, Devin Nunes, Adrian Smith, Jeff Denham, Ed Royce and Duncan Hunter (who at one point shouted "You suck" at the band) and former Democratic senator and current MPAA boss Chris Dodd all stopped by, according to eyes on the ground.

Also seen rocking out: Sam DePoy, Jeff DeBoer, Colleen Maloney, Sarah Hamlett, Doug Davenport, Dan Gans, Steve Stombres, Jeff Miller, Bill Miller, Neil Bradley, Jessica Hoogle, Shahira Knight, Sarah Knakmuhs and Mike Ference.