The Senate Republican primary campaign between Assemblywoman Mimi Walters and Anaheim City Councilman Harry Sidhu has turned negative, as both candidates are sending out critical mail pieces and airing attack ads on local TV.
The pair are competing to replace termed-out Sen. Dick Ackerman in a conservative Orange County district.
Sidhu fired the first on-air shot, accusing Walters of missing votes in the Assembly, "taking a big pay raise" and voting for Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez.
Walters didn't so much vote for Núñez as she didn't object to a voice-vote twice anointing him speaker. The charge spurred a long column by Jon Fleischman, an Orange County Republican and Republican Party vice chairman, urging Republicans to drop the bipartisan practice. "Mimi is an outstanding conservative leader -- one of the best in Sacramento. She should not have to be enduring this because of a bad precedent set before she arrived in Sacramento," he wrote.
Watch Sidhu's ad below (hat tip to the OC Blog):
Walters released her own counter-attack, charging that Sidhu is "wrong on illegal immigration."
Watch her spot below:
As the negativity ramps up, it must be getting close to election day.
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