Republican Elan Carr Leads Wendy Greuel, Ted Lieu in Race for Henry Waxman's 33rd District Seat

Hollywood Reporter ^ | 4 Jun 2014 | Tina Daunt

[mandaladon]

UPDATED: With his strong ties to Israel, Carr came out ahead as the large field of westside Democrats split the vote in Tuesday's Congressional primary. Carr will face State Sen. Ted Lieu in the November general election.

California's 33rd Congressional district has long been considered one of the Democrats' most valuable stretches of real estate, but in Tuesday's open primary Republican Elan Carr was the top vote-getter among a field of 18 candidates vying for a chance to advance to the general election.

Carr jumped to an early lead as the Democrats split the vote in the race to succeed longtime Congressman Henry Waxman. State Sen. Ted Lieu, who finished in second place, will face-off against Carr in the November election. Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel, a former DreamWorks executive with strong backing from Hollywood studio heads, finished in third place. Early returns showed author Marianne Williamson, a favorite among industry progressives, neck and neck with public radio host Matt Miller for fourth place. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Carr received 21.5 percent of the vote ahead of Lieu's 19 percent and Greuel's 16.8 percent. Williamson finished slightly ahead of Miller with 12.9 percent of the vote to his 12 percent.

[mandaladon]

I don't know if this guy is a RINO, but even if he is...it would be good to see him take Waxman's seat

[RIghtwardHo]

Sadly it doesn’t mean a thing. We have that odd Primary system where top 2 vote getters advance to General regardless of Party. However, in the General, this is a safe Dim seat. Still. Good to see this.

[headstamp 2]

Ditto.

Henry Floorwaxman must be going ballistic.

[Vaduz]

California’s 33rd Congressional district = $$$$$$$$$$$$$
a.k.a. little cook county.

[married21]

This is my district. He is going to need $$$ and time. This district fairly new: it is an amalgamation of a small, more conservative south with a liberal, larger north. It is designed to dilute the conservative South Bay.

[dadfly]

probably a safe seat for the dems, but it’s nice to see leftists (instead of conservatives) lose a spot by splitting their primary vote for a change.

[JoeFromSidney]

What does his friendship for Israel (or lack of it, for that matter) have to do with this race? Is this just another attempt at a smear by the left-wing media?