He's out ahead of several Democratic candidates, including Jose Sigala, Dr. Mallory Kremer, Ricardo Franco, Bobby Bliatout and Paul Vargas, with possibly more coming. This billboard was put up by Janz's group.
Janz grew up in Visalia and has a solid and varied background, including prosecuting criminals. That'd appeal to conservatives, of course, but also to some degree to most everyone in low income/inadequately policed areas. He has a BA in economics, something in a perfect world all legislators would have.
Reportedly, there's high (60s) independent voter support for a generic Democratic candidate, including among Hispanic and young voters. But would they turn out?
A capital-P Progressive group opposes Janz because of his work as a prosecutor.
But this conservative district has been electing Nunes since 2002, and right now apparently our national party is standing back and letting locals work on it.
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