From The Hollywood Reporter:
Republican Elan Carr Leads Wendy Greuel, Ted Lieu in Race for Henry Waxman's 33rd District Seat
California's 33rd Congressional district has long been considered one of the Democrats' most valuable stretches of real estate, but in Tuesday's open primary Republican Elan Carr was the top vote-getter among a field of 18 candidates vying for a chance to advance to the general election.
Carr jumped to an early lead as the Democrats split the vote in the race to succeed longtime Congressman Henry Waxman. State Sen. Ted Lieu, who finished in second place, will face-off against Carr in the November election. Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel, a former DreamWorks executive with strong backing from Hollywood studio heads, finished in third place. Early returns showed author Marianne Williamson, a favorite among industry progressives, neck and neck with public radio host Matt Miller for fourth place. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Carr received 21.5 percent of the vote ahead of Lieu's 19 percent and Greuel's 16.8 percent. Williamson finished slightly ahead of Miller with 12.9 percent of the vote to his 12 percent.
The campaign was an expensive one - the cantidates spent a total of $6.2 million for just the primary. More:
Republican Carr, an Iraq war veteran and gang prosecutor with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, raised $423,000. Although he was outspent by his competitors, Carr managed to get the voters' attention because of his strong ties to Israel, where his parents lived before immigrating to the United States. He finished the race on Tuesday with 21 percent of the vote.
Good to see people waking up.