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Ventura County will test Democrats' strength
In the 37th Assembly District...Masry has twice been defeated by Strickland and faces business owner David Hare of Camarillo in the primary.
May 24 - Ventura County Star - Local Campaign Finance Reports Released:
Hare raised $22,000 and spent $27,000 over the past two months and has $12,000 in the bank. Masry raised $13,000, spent $14,000 and has $2,600 left.
May 24, 2008 - Ventura County Star - For a change, Democrats running good old-fashioned race:
"David Hare, 41, a Camarillo businessman and Ventura County native who some Democrats believe would be a more formidable candidate in the fall because of his background as a small-business man and his close association with the agricultural community."
May 22, 2008 - Ventura County Star - A chance to beat Strickland
April 22, 2008 - Brian Dennert's Blog - Hare Campaigns Aggressively on Key Issues - Proposition 98
May 9th - The Acorn Newspaper - Hare makes campaign stop at high school
May 08, 2008 - David Hare in the Total Capitol Report
May 05, 2008 - Ventura County Star: David Hare joins Political Education/Registration Day at Local High School
2008 - From the Ventura County Star by Timm Herdt:
Undaunted by the odds
March 8th, 2008 - from the Ventura County Star: "...37th District seat, two candidates will compete in the Democratic primary for the right to oppose her in November: David Hare of Camarillo and Ferial Masry of Newbury Park."
March 30, 2008 - from the Ventura County Star: "We're very happy that since the last convention, the county of Ventura has turned blue," Torres noted in his convention-opening remarks to reporters on Friday."...."County Democrats are discovering that with growth come growing pains. At a contentious endorsement caucus Saturday afternoon, supporters of 37th Assembly District candidate David Hare of Camarillo successfully blocked a local pre-convention recommendation that the party endorse Newbury Park schoolteacher Ferial Masry."
