Democrat claims US House seat in Calif.

[Pirate Smile]

Source: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – Democrat Judy Chu easily claimed a vacant U.S. House seat Tuesday in a Los Angeles-area district, reinforcing the Democratic majority on Capitol Hill.

The former state Assembly member will become Southern California's only Asian-American in Congress. She will be sworn in Thursday, giving Democrats a 256-178 edge over Republicans in the House.

With 173 of 209 precincts reporting Tuesday night, Chu had 14,115 votes, or 62 percent. She was trailed by her cousin by marriage, Republican Betty Chu, with 7,355 votes, or 32 percent.
"I'm really proud and honored and humbled to have such an overwhelming vote," Chu told The Associated Press from her victory party in Covina.

With House Democratic leaders pushing a $1.5 trillion health care measure toward a vote in the full House by month's end, Chu said she was urged to get to Washington fast and "get ready to vote immediately."



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_re_us/us_calif_special_election_congress

[ccharles000]

1. yay

[tomm2thumbs]

2. I can't believe she is Socal's only Asian-American in Congress - that shocked me.

More!! more!!!

[aquart]

3. Ought to shock them.

[No Elephants]

8. Apart from L.A., Southern California is basically Republican, so no shock.

[Hawaii Hiker]

10. Yeah, but LA is where all the people live

Very easy to offset (I'm referring to a presidential election) the OC & SD Republicans with the huge population of strongly Democratic LA..

There was a time when CA. was actually quite Republican, I think from 1956-1988, the only Democrat to win CA. in a general election was LBJ in 1964...

But those days are over, & I can't see CA. going Republican for a long, long, time if ever...
:woohoo:

[goclark]

18. Yea! nt

[DainBramaged]

12. I'm sure the Republican'ts will find a reason to ignore her

maybe they'll call Jeffy Sessions over to question her loyalty to America???

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Ditto. LA has more Koreans than any city except Seoul.

And try looking up anyone named 'Nguyen' in the phone book -- pages and pages of sheer frustration, like a Google search that's all false positives.

[DIKB]

4. Great News!

And good for her! Here's hoping she has an impact.

[NewJeffCT]

5. well, hopefully she is for single-payer healthcare, or at least

a strong public option. Congrats to Ms Chu, though.

[dipsydoodle]

6. Nice to get some good news occasionally

:thumbsup:

[Optical.Catalyst]

7. We need to put the sole of our boot to the throat of the Republicans

The Democratic majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate should deign the Republicans the opportunity to add amendments to the Appropriations bills.

The Republicans have to be stopped from polluting the important workings of Congress with trash like

Broadcaster Freedom Amendment

[No Elephants]

9. Good news. Would have been better news if she were in Orange County, but it's still good.

Please don't be a Republicrat, though, girl.

[Historic NY]

11. Wow Democrats still winning elections, Palin should be more helpful..

:think:

[pjt7]

13. Does she have enough strength & moral fiber to

be the first Congressmen to expose what really happened on 9.11?

[CreekDog]

15. Hilda Solis' old seat (which she left to become Secretary of Labor)

:hi:

[Cha]

17. That's the news I was looking for..

I knew it was somebody that left for the Obama admin..thank you, CreekDog.

I read about this the other day that Judy Chu was up against Betty Chu and someone advised to know the difference in the names when they voted..I guess they did since the right Chu won.:)

[druidity33]

16. A Chu vs. Chu knockout!

Go Dems!

:)