CA-12 2018: Democrat Stephen Jaffe announces primary challenge to Pelosi

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Endorsed anyway, but yeah, there's gonna be no run-off.

Uh, runoffs in CA happen regardless of if a candidate reaches 50%.

Anyway, I'm guessing Pelosi wins. Jaffe seems like a nice guy so I guess I'll "endorse" him for now.

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Most of the type of people who would vote against Pelosi can no longer afford to live in her district, so she's extremely safe.

Yup, those who work at low pay jobs in San Francisco are increasingly living in places like Stockton, which had the percent largest increase in rent this last year of any city in the country. But if you're an out of touch self described capitalist worth 9 digits like Nancy Pelosi, then you can suck up space in San Francisco.

Describing yourself as a capitalist is actually very 'in-touch'. This is not a socialist country, and it never will be.

True, but responding to someone's concerns with a simple "We're capitalists, and that's the way it is" is out-of-touch.

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Are we even sure Pelosi will run again?  I believe she said she would have retired last cycle if Hillary had won.

Not sure how accurate this is, but the conventional wisdom is that she wants to prevent Steny Hoyer from ever being leader.