In Case You Were Wondering...

Before Assemblyman Chuck DeVore because Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, he had to run in a pretty expensive (yet ultimately non-competitive) primary race against Cristi Cristich, among others.

Because of Cristi's money, her expensive friends, and her Corona Del Mar home address, the primary was pretty ugly.

It became a battle of Irvine (where DeVore lives) against Newport Beach (where Cristich lived).

The El Toro Airport became a major issue - when Cristi lived in Anaheim Hills, she was against the El Toro International Airport, but when she lived in Corona Del Mar, she was for it.

Although a Republican, she was the chairwoman for Republicans for Clinton.

And (while I hate to agree with Jim Righeimer...), volunteers made all the difference with Chuck's office chocked full of volunteers while Cristi had lots and lots of paid staffers running her campaign.

Sometimes you wonder what happened to the losing candidates (my wife had triplets, which is why I disappeared...). For how "involved" she had become in the local Republican Party scene...how prominent of a Newport Beach resident she became...she seemed to disappear...

Well, wonder no longer.