CA 3rd Dist: Ose retires; can Castillo beat Lungren? [View All]

[robertarctor]

California's 3rd Congressional District lies mostly in eastern Sacramento County, the suburbs where the Republicans live. It used to be a Dem district (Vic Fazio), but Doug Ose (R) has held it fir the past few years. Now Ose is retiring, and former Long Beach Congressman, Attorney General and failed gubernatorial candidate Dan Lungren beat out State Sen. Rico Oller and Ose's sister Mary for the Republican nomination. Lungren moved back to Sacramento from Maryland (suburban D.C.) where's he's been a lobbyist since he got his ass handed to him by Gray Davis in 1998. He's also a real wingnut.

Question: Does Democratic challenger Gabe Castillo have a shot at beating this carpetbagging scumbag?