There's nothing like a little bit of family feuding to spice up a Friday morning.
The Bakersfield Californian posted a little scooplet yesterday about father-daughter duo Nicole and Pete Parra showing "guv lite" hopeful Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn some love in the Central Valley.
It makes sense that the Hahn, a Democrat from Los Angeles, would seek an intra-party helping hand from Nicole, a former state legislator, and Pete, a former Kern County supervisor, to get introduced to valley Democrats.
But there's another detail worth noting: Hahn's rival for the Democratic nomination is Sen. Dean Florez.
The Florez and Parra families have long traded political blows, and now the Shafter Democrat's mother, Fran Florez, is expected to go tête-à-tête with Pete Parra in a battle to grab GOP Assemblyman Danny Gilmore's 30th Assembly District seat. (Gilmore, on his first term in office, has given signals that he might shy away from a second run).
We posted earlier this week that Hahn's entry into the race had caused Florez to re-evaluate his lieutenant governor bid. But the Shafter Democrat took a more certain tone when responding to a query from the Bakersfield paper: "My future plan is simple," he said. "100 percent running for lieutenant governor. That's it."
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