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Marcy Winograd, candidate for U.S. Congress in the June 6, 2006, 36th C.D. Democratic primary election

June 6, 2006, primary election holds few surprises

As of 11 pm on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, California State Treasurer Phil Angelides was two percentage points (46-44) ahead of California State Controller Steve Westly in the race to oppose incumbent Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in November, but Westly was telling his supporters that the counties not yet reporting would put him in front.

Los Angeles City Councilmember Alex Padilla was leading California Assemblymember Cindy Montanez in the race to represent the 20th State Senate District. Watch and listen to both Padilla and Montanez in the Online Broadcasting Service (OBS) Brightcove Player below.

Marcy Winograd, an anti-war candidate running against incumbent Congressmember Jane Harman in the 36th Congressional District Democratic Primary, was losing, as was another anti-war candidate, Charles Coleman, who was running against incumbent Congressmember Howard Berman in the 28th Congressional District Democratic Primary.

You can watch and listen to video interviews with both losing anti-war candidates in the Online Broadcasting Service (OBS) Brightcove Players below.

California State Senator Joe Dunn was behind, 48% to 52%, in his effort to defeat Board of Equalization member John Chiang and secure the Democratic Party's nomination for California State Controller. Listen to him campaign in the Online Broadcasting Service (OBS) Brightcove Player below.

California Assemblymember Lloyd Levine, co-author of AB2987, the "Digital Infrastructure and Cable Competition Act of 2006," unopposed in the 40th Assembly District Democratic Primary for a third (and final) term in the Assembly, can we seen talking about his telecom reform efforts in the Online Broadcasting Service (OBS) Brightcove Player below.

You can also view Assemblymember Levine's interview about AB2987, add your own comments to his, and copy the whole player to your own web page, using the Click.TV player below.

Internet video and the future of politics

Not yet having gained enough traction to play a significant role in today's election, the presentation of political campaigns by way of easily accessible and syndicatable online video players like those from Brightcove and Click.TV that empower candidates to get their message out to voters without indebting or ingratiating themselves to a small group of corporate and wealthy contributors who thereby gain a disproportionate influence over the workings of government compared to that of the ordinary citizen, individually or collectively, this medium for political discourse may, or may not, assume increased importance in future campaigns, maybe even as early as the fall, 2006, elections.

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