I’m proud of Joe Collins, too, but would be even prouder if he lent a helping hand to fellow Californians Buzz Patterson, Ted Howze, Erin Cruz, Young Kim, David Valadao, Greg Raths, Michelle Steel, Brian Maryott and Jim DeBello (as well as freshman incumbent Mike García), all of whom are running in districts that we actually can win.
And while Joe Collins (unfortunately) will not be able to get elected in Maxine Waters’s overwhelmingly Democrat district, he could win a future statewide run if he becomes better known in other parts of the state and cultivates allies that he helped elect to Congress.
And that approach would make much more sense to me, since everyone you mentioned is a Californian. But Joe and Kim and their campaign managers need to decide how to use all that money.