Stammreich 4 Senate

San Pedro, California (June 16 2010) - In a senate district that rarely sees Republican turnout over 30% in the gubernatorial primary, South Bay State Senate candidate John Stammreich, the Republican nominee challenging incumbent Senator Jenny Oropeza (D - Long Beach), received over 40% of the total vote cast in the June 8th Primary Election.

This metric is a significant factor in determining the level of enthusiasm for both the nominee and the Republican party as a whole in each district. Out of the state senate seats up for re-election this November currently held by Democrats, this places the South Bay Senate seat 4th out of the 14 possible seats. The 3rd place seat, Senate District 40 in San Diego, is a mere 0.02% higher than the South Bay's 28th Senate District.

A big factor in this performance was Stammreich actually outpolling the incumbent senator in the South Bay cities of Torrance, Lomita, El Segundo and all three beach cities. All of these cities lay within the overlap areas of both the 53rd  Assembly District and the 36th Congressional District, further highlighting the takeover opportunities for South Bay Republicans.

"This is a fantastic opportunity for the Senate Republican Caucus to add to its original plan to target three seats in 2010. The caucus needs to take 6 seats to win back the majority, and grabbing an extra seat in 2010, especially here in what is supposed to be Democratic-safe Los Angeles County, would be the coup of the year!", commented Stammreich upon reading this morning's latest poll results. "The fantastic outreach and operational turnout efforts of Republican volunteers through the South Bay have given the party leadership a reason to look at Los Angeles County much more optimistically than it did four years ago, or even two years ago. But we have a lot more work and outreach ahead of us."

The campaign is planning an aggressive outreach that includes both targeted advertising and door-to-door precinct operations in both the cities where the campaign is leading and the remaining communities where the campaign message needs to be heard.

"We need donations more than ever now, but now we know specifically what we can do with each dollar amount. $25 buys 200 brochures, enough to blanket a precinct. $100 buys a day's ad space in the local paper. $250 buys a week's worth of advertising."

With this phenomenal start to the general election, the campaign is more energized than ever to compete for and win this election!

"We are going to be out in every South Bay city and community, from the Del Rey & Venice area in the north to Carson, Harbor Gateway and John's home neighborhood of San Pedro. No neighborhood will be conceded! The South Bay Dream is for every resident of the 28th Senate District, and I plan to fight hard for every one of them when I am elected to to represent them in Sacramento!"