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2006 Tip Sheets
CALIFORNIA-50 SPECIAL ELECTION
Last updated: June 7, 2006
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Brian Bilbray (R)
Randy "Duke" Cunningham resigned Nov. 28; Bilbray, a former congressman, was nominated with 15% in a 14-way primary. He won the June 6 race against Busby with 49% of the vote.
Manager: Steve Dannon
Contact: 858-457-5500
• Campaign Web site
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Francine Busby (D)
Busby, a college professor, was nominated with 44% in a two-way primary. She lost the June 6 race against Bilbray with 45% of the vote.
Manager: Brennan Bilberry
Contact: 760-479-0114
• Campaign Web site
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Republican Brian Bilbray and Democrat Francine Busby will face off again in November (Hotline, 6/7/06). .... Bilbray emerged victorious after a costly and contentious special election race. "I think that we're going back to Washington," Bilbray told cheering supporters (AP, 6/7/06). .... Busby placed first -- with 44 percent of the vote -- in the race to fill the seat left by disgraced former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham. She will face former Republican Rep. Brian Bilbray -- who earned 14 percent -- in a June 6 runoff (Los Angeles Times, 4/12/06).
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2004 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Duke Cunningham (R)
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169,025
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58%
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$939,542
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Francine Busby (D)
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105,590
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36%
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$212,406
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Other
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14,713
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5%
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2004 primary
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Duke Cunningham (R)
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unopposed
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2002 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Duke Cunningham (R)
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111,095
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64%
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$770,722
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Del Stewart (D)
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55,855
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32%
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$19,713
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Other
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5,751
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3%
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