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Bluish, red or purple.

The colors that surface on June 5 could help decide the results of the primary election for the 26th Congressional District, which encompasses nigh of Ventura County, even more than importantly building momentum for the November. 8 general election. The superlative 2 finishers volition advance regardless of party.

Analysts said the district is solidly blue with about 43 pct of the voters registered equally Democrats and 30 per centum every bit Republican as of early on April. They also suggest Autonomous voter complacency could affect outcomes, peculiarly if Republicans turn out in droves.

The race features Antonio Sabato Jr., an immigrant player who campaigned for President Donald Trump and is betting the district will swing Republican. A second Republican, retired Air Force Maj. Jeffrey Burum, is even more blunt.

One of his slogans is "Brand California Red Again."

Colors and parties factor into the other side of the aisle, too. Democratic candidate John Nelson, an Oxnard lawyer, accuses incumbent Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Westlake Hamlet, of siding far likewise often with Trump.

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As for Brownley, the number she pulled out in a telephone interview involved the results of the final presidential race where Trump won the White House only lost the 26th Commune past 58 percentage to 36 percent.

"I remember the voters were very articulate in the presidential ballot about how they felt," she said, then citing the ii Republican challengers. "Some of my opponents are more than or less Trump clones."

The rhetoric hints the gloves are off, a perception driven habitation when Sabato was asked virtually his Republican opponent, Burum.

"I don't fifty-fifty know his name," he said. "I forget information technology."

Sabato is a old Calvin Klein underwear model and a star of "General Hospital" whose amusement career is augmented past business interests ranging from restaurants to race cars. He contends he upset Hollywood'southward ability brokers past speaking in favor of Trump at the Republican National Convention ii years agone.

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Now he's running for Congress on a law-and-order, beef-up-edge-security platform with endorsements including the Ventura County Republican Political party and the Ventura County Deputy Sheriffs' Association union.

Citing his roots as an immigrant from Italy who earned his citizenship, Sabato objected to a sanctuary movement that protects people who come to the country illegally. He chosen it unconstitutional.

He didn't pull whatsoever punches regarding Brownley, calling her i of the to the lowest degree effective members of Congress. He focused on veterans services; the incumbent serves on the House Committee on Veterans' Diplomacy.

Sabato referenced 2- and 3-twelvemonth-onetime reports of waits at the Oxnard Veterans Affairs clinic that ranked among the nation's worst. He cited alleged document shredding at a Los Angeles office that serves the region that includes Ventura Canton.

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Brownley is to blame for the poor performance, he said.

"Plain, she did that," said Sabato. "We need to make sure my VA in Oxnard is one of the all-time and not one of the worst."

Burum served xx years in the Air Force. He was stationed in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm and acquired an disease called Gulf War syndrome that is linked to exposure to chemic weapons. He said his frustrations with the VA pushed him not to utilize the health system.

He advocates privatizing the system, suggesting the alter could bring dramatic cuts in cost and wait time.

"The VA and the (Department of Defense) are too political," he said, suggesting that the entities have denied or deferred intendance for veterans affected by Amanuensis Orange in Vietnam or by chemical weapons during Desert Tempest. "I'm here to set up that."

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Burum pledged to focus on financial responsibleness, constabulary enforcement and what he called a traditional view of the Constitution.

"This canton used to be Republican," he said, vowing to reignite conservatism. "I believe excessive liberalism has caused social, economic and political chaos."

Nelson, an Oxnard lawyer, is a Bernie Sanders supporter who backs the sanctuary movement and gratis college education.

He said a Medicare for All health care system would push more people to seek treatment, starting ripples that would eternalize the economy and even brand a paring in the nation's opioid crisis.

"If people have health care — if it'due south complimentary — they will go assistance," he said.

Nelson cited analysis from a FiveThirtyEight project that suggests Brownley makes votes consistent with Trump's views 28 percent of the time. Of the 193 Democrats in the House, 33 voted with the president more oft.

"I believe information technology says that Brownley thinks this is a blood-red district, and information technology's not," he said, alleging the incumbent worries about narrow ballot victories in 2012 and 2014. "I don't call back she's a candidate that we can get excited about."

Ii years ago, Brownley won her third term in Congress by defeating Republican Rafael A. Dagnesses decisively, gaining 60 percent of the vote.

She lives on the Ventura County side of Westlake Village. Her political career started with three school board terms in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified Schoolhouse District. She after served six years in the California Assembly.

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Veterans take been a priority since her first solar day in Congress, she said, citing work to expand services at the Oxnard VA clinic and increment staffing in an effort to better await times and intendance. She won congressional approval for a plan to open a new clinic that volition be operated by the VA and will be vii times larger than the clinic used when she was starting time elected.

"I think my record on veterans speaks for itself," she said, later on citing her reactions to the allegations of document shredding, including pushing for an investigation and calling for a hearing before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. "I also met first-mitt with employees and management and worked with local VA leadership to ensure meliorate controls, procedures and training were put in place."

She said she advocated for a presidential disaster annunciation afterwards the Thomas Fire and worked with federal, state and local entities to become resource during the fire.

Brownley said she hasn't seen the research that compares her voting record with Trump'south opinion on different issues. She said the 28 pct mark seems consequent with the 38 pct of the vote gained by Trump in the district in the 2022 ballot.

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"I call back that'due south indicative of voting with the district," she said.

The 26th District is one of iv congressional districts involving pieces of Ventura County with races in the primary. In the 24th District that includes a western strip of the county, Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, faces Republicans Justin Fareed and Michael Erin Woody.

In the 25th Commune that includes Simi Valley, candidates on the primary ballot include Republican incumbent Steve Knight and 4 Democratic challengers: Bryan Caforio, Katie Hill, Marry Pallant and Jess Phoenix.

The 30th District includes the Bell Coulee expanse outside of Simi Valley. The election includes incumbent Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, Democrats Raji Rab and Jon Pelzer, and Republican Marker Reed.

In all races, the meridian two finishers advance.

Julia Brownley

Age: 65
City of residence: Westlake Village
Occupation: Member of Congress
Pedagogy: Fairfax Hall (high schoolhouse), bachelor'southward degree, George Washington University; master'due south, American University
Years in office: U.Due south. Business firm of Representatives, 2013-present; California Assembly, 2006-2012; Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board, 1994-2006
Family: Divorced, two children
Military service: None
Criminal convictions, bankruptcies or pleas: None
Website/social media: JuliaBrownley.com, Twitter.com/JuliaBrownley, Facebook.com/JuliaBrownley

Jeffrey Burum

Age: 58
City of residence: Oxnard
Occupations: Business concern owner, retired Air Forcefulness major, main of financial management, investment adviser representative, certified public accountant
Didactics: Bakersfield Due west High Schoolhouse; available'southward caste, U.S. Air Strength University, two master's degrees, University of North Dakota
Years in office: None
Family unit: Three children
Military machine service: 20 years in the Air Force, retiring every bit a major
Criminal convictions, bankruptcies or pleas: None
Website/social media: world wide web.JeffreyBurumForCongress.com, www.facebook.com/jeffreyburumforcongress/, https://twitter.com/JeffreyBurum

John Nelson

Age: 49
Metropolis of residence: Oxnard
Occupation: Attorney
Education: L.V. Berkner Loftier Schoolhouse, Texas Lutheran University/University Of Texas - San Antonio, Thomas Jefferson Schoolhouse Of Constabulary
Years in office: None
Family unit: Married with three children.
Military service: None
Criminal convictions, bankruptcies or pleas: None
Website/social media: john4congress.com, https://twitter.com/John_4Congress, www.facebook.com/JohnNelson4Congress/, world wide web.instagram.com/johnnelson4congress/