Dana Rohrabacher

Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Cook may trail incumbent Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) in campaign funds, but she boasts of a strong ground game that is now boosted by two national grassroots organizations.
 
Progressive Democrats of America is setting up shop in Orange County to make phone calls from high schools and college campuses in support of Cook, mayor of Huntington Beach. This weekend, Democracy For America chairman Jim Dean, brother Howard Dean, will host a fundraiser and rally for Cook and her supporters.

Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Cook may trail incumbent Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) in campaign funds, but she boasts of a strong ground game that is now boosted by two national grassroots organizations.
 
Progressive Democrats of America is setting up shop in Orange County to make phone calls from high schools and college campuses in support of Cook, mayor of Huntington Beach. This weekend, Democracy For America chairman Jim Dean, brother Howard Dean, will host a fundraiser and rally for Cook and her supporters.

Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook is on the air with her third, and harshest, television ad in her bid to unseat longtime Congressman Dana Rohrabacher from his 46th Congressional District seat.

Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook, Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in the 46th District, has released her first TV ad of the campaign.

U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) defended Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox Monday from attacks by John McCain, who has blamed Cox for the Wall Street crisis.

Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook has outraised Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) in the second quarter, according to fundraising reports made public Tuesday.

Cook took in $92,990 between April and June and had $97,392 in cash on hand at the close of the reporting period. Rohrabacher, meanwhile, raised $78,712 during the period and had $387,950 on hand.

Cook has raised $157,269 during the course of the cycle, while Rohrabacher has raised $323,966.

Cook’s challenge to Rohrabacher, a ten-term incumbent, is widely seen as something of a long shot. The 46th Congressional District has a conservative voting history, supporting President Bush with 55 percent and 57 percent of the vote in the last two elections.

Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook is scheduled to appear on a panel focusing on energy use at the progressive Netroots Nation convention in Austin, Texas next month.

Cook is challenging nine-term Republican U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher for his 46th Congressional District seat, which spans the Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Appearing on the panel with Cook is Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, who is seeking a U.S. Senate seat.

U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is preparing for his annual birthday bash this weekend, and the Daily Pilot has the colorful details.

The event, which will reportedly feature its fair share of margaritas and chili, is being headlined by Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, a former member of the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan.

Rohrabacher, a nine term congressman, represents California’s 46th congressional district, which resides in the Los Angeles County and the Orange County areas.

Debbie Cook, the Huntington Beach mayor who is challenging nine term U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, met with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in April to discuss her campaign for the Orange County-area seat in April, PolitickerCA.com has learned.

“Debbie has met with the DCCC in Washington and we are in conversations with them on a regular basis,” said Joe Shaw, a spokesman for Cook.

Shaw said the DCCC had not discussed the prospect of helping to fund Cook’s effort. Without elaborating, he added, “they have given us other types of assistance and they continue to do so.”

The DCCC confirmed the April meeting but did not specify what was discussed.

Cook, who is her first term as mayor and is a former member of the Huntington Beach City Council, faces an uphill battle in her effort to unseat Rohrabacher. The district has a history of trending conservative, with George W. Bush winning 57 percent of the vote there in his 2004 White House run.

U.S Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-California) couldn't get panties off his mind during hearings Wednesday with DOJ Inspector General Glenn Fine on the Justice Department's role in torture.