Kerns noted in her statement Wednesday that “a filmmaker who produced both substantive and quirky campaign video ads that helped propel Donnelly to the top slot in the race also departed the campaign” recently.ĭonnelly, 47, of Twin Peaks, could not be reached for comment Wednesday evening. “I wish all of the candidates in this race the best as they seek to shine a light on Jerry Brown’s record.”Ī source close to the campaign said Kern’s departure followed a series of disagreements about the campaign’s strategy, including but not limited to Donnelly’s decision to post an online video of him firing a borrowed weapon at a Santa Cruz shooting range - an apparent violation of his probation for his 2012 misdemeanor conviction for having a loaded gun in his bag as he tried to board a plane at Ontario’s airport. Abel Maldonado quitting the race in January. “I’m proud to have taken a candidate from the launch of a campaign as an unknown, underdog candidate to front-runner status in the polls, as well as having cleared the field of our closest GOP competitor,” said Kerns - a reference to former Lt. Jennifer Kerns, a veteran Republican campaign operative whom Donnelly elevated from spokeswoman to campaign manager in January, issued a statement announcing her departure. I have no interest in personal attacks.Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly’s campaign manager quit Wednesday, just two days before the conservative Southern California assemblyman starts vying with a rival to woo delegates at the state GOP’s convention in Burlingame. “I’m running on my plan to fix this state. “What in the world does my voting record have to do with the absolute catastrophe our state is in?” he said. That’s a lie.”ĭonnelly said his voting record is irrelevant to the issues the next 59th District Assembly member will face. For him to say these were made up out of the thin air, that’s a mischaracterization. “I may have missed some votes, but I’m not lying about having missed votes,” Woods said. This is a page out of the communist playbook: `If you tell a lie often enough, it becomes the truth.”‘īut the stats, which found their way online either through Woods’ supporters or her campaign, were accurate. “The numbers,” Donnelly wrote, “have been made up out of thin air. She took issue less with Donnelly’s voting record than with statements Donnelly made in an e-mail to supporters in which he said statistics about his voting record circulating online were inaccurate. Since 1999 – as far back as the Los Angeles County registrar’s office had electronic records – Woods skipped three elections out of 15: two local consolidated elections and the 2002 primary. Woods, a community college professor and former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, has not voted in every election, though she has skipped far fewer than Donnelly. I probably did not participate in my government as much as I should have.”Īt the same time, though, Donnelly said the dysfunction and perpetual financial troubles in Sacramento show that, “Voting obviously has not been effective.” The transgender woman depicted on 8th District congressional candidate Tim Donnelly’s campaign billboard in Twentynine Palms did not consent to Donnelly using her image and the photographer has. “Like everyone else, I’ve been busy working hard and trying to keep up with my tax bills. “My recollection is that I voted in the major elections,” Donnelly said. “If that’s the case, why wouldn’t he have been taking an active part and been actively participating in voting? Patriots are active in the process of making decisions.”Īlong with eight consolidated elections, which usually feature school board and special district decisions, Donnelly skipped the 20 general elections, three primary elections and two statewide special elections, including one in May 2009 that decided several statewide tax issues. “He’s touting himself as a patriot, as … someone who is concerned about his country and his state,” said Darcel Woods, the Democratic candidate for the 59th District seat. Many of the 17 he skipped were local elections, but he’s also missed statewide and federal elections. Over the past 15 years, Assembly candidate and former Minuteman Tim Donnelly has skipped most elections, something his opponent says seems hypocritical.ĭonnelly, the Republican candidate in the 59th Assembly District, has voted in 13 of the last 30 elections, according to records from the county registrar’s office.
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