NOM California PAC Wins 3 California Races

Proving Traditional Marriage is a Winning Issue for Republicans

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Organization for Marriage - California PAC won three pivotal election races it participated in during the 2010 California primary election season, establishing traditional marriage as a key issue in the 2010 elections in California.

"There should be no question that candidates who support marriage as the union of one man and one woman will be elected to office in California," said Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage - California PAC. "The NOM California PAC made support for marriage an issue in five critical races in California, and we won three of those contests. Marriage is a winning issue in this state."

NOM-CA PAC ran independent expenditure campaigns to elect State Senate candidate Joel Anderson (SD36), and State Assembly candidates Andy Pugno (AD 5), Sunder Ramani (AD 43), and Chris Lancaster (AD 59). Given the close results in AD 59, it is likely that NOM CA PAC was primarily responsible for the nomination of Lancaster in the 59th Assembly District. Sunder Ramani only lost by a margin of around 3000 votes.

"We were disappointed that John Eastman did not win the Republican nomination for Attorney General despite an extremely strong campaign, but his election was always a long-shot given his late entry into the race against the better-known LA District Attorney Steve Cooley," Brown said. "The tightly contested 43rd district race plus our victories in the three other state legislative primary campaigns is extremely gratifying. Given the closeness of the race in the 59th Assembly District, there’s little doubt that Lancaster’s support for traditional marriage was the margin of victory."