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CA-17
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| House1: 435 seats | Senate: 33 seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOP | Dems | Total | GOP | Dems | Total | |
| Confirmed primary challenges | 63 | 32 | 95 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Possible primary challenges | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Open seats* | 7 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 92 |
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.
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Contents
2012 election
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2012 fundraising data for CA-17
available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.Race status
Incumbent: Sam Farr Incumbent running? Yes, for a different seat Primary challenge? N/a Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Sam Farr Democratic Running for another House seat ActBlue Source August 20, 2011 Running in CA-20 Jeff Taylor (CA) Republican Out of race Facebook Source August 20, 2011 2006, 2008 & 2010 Candidate Running in CA-20
Michael Honda Democratic Confirmed candidate Press Release Source August 20, 2011 Current CA-15 Congressman (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner TBD TBD
2010 election
Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Sam Farr Democratic Confirmed candidate FEC Source March 21, 2009 Jeff Taylor Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source November 1, 2010 2006&2008 Candidate Arthur Dunn Democratic Out CA SOS Source November 1, 2010 Lost Primary Pete Andresen Republican Out CA SOS Source November 1, 2010 Lost Primary Gary Arnold Republican Out CA SOS Source November 1, 2010 Lost Primary (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner Sam Farr, Jeff Taylor Sam Farr
2008 election
Incumbent: Sam Farr
CandidatesName Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Sam Farr Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 21, 2009 Jeff Taylor Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 21, 2009 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner Sam Farr, Jeff Taylor Sam Farr 2008 Presidential election results
Republican Democratic 2000 33% George W. Bush 60% Al Gore 2004 33% George W. Bush 66% John Kerry 2008 26% John McCain 72% Barack Obama District map and incumbent offices
Sam Farr's district offices - 100 West Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93901
831-424-2229 (Phone) (Fax) - 701 Ocean Street, Room 318, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-429-1976 (Phone) (Fax)
District map layers graciously provided by GovTrack.Us.
See the incumbent's page for more contact info.
Articles and resources
See also
- Index for all the California congressional districts and candidates.
- The full House 2012 elections report.
- The RaceTracker homepage.
External articles
Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "CA-17" (link) Want this data? All information is open-source and free (as in beer and speech). Most data is available via API, RDF, CSV or other methods. See details or email us.
Campaign contribution methodology: Information is updated daily from the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org), which downloads their data from the Federal Election Commission on the first weekday of each work week. Candidates must have filed a report with the FEC to show up in the widget and inactive candidates are screened out by CRP. - 100 West Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93901
