With just a few days to go before the election David Pritchett is taking me up on my offer to submit a picture of a pet with a sign as a part of my best political animals contest. The winner gets the top blog post on the day of the election, but every contestant gets their picture posted. My editors noticed the great reception from the community to this contest and put a link to it on the front page of The Star's website:

Here is what David sent in:

David Pritchett for Santa Barbara County Democratic Central Committee

My campaign website via SmartVoter:
http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/06/08/ca/sba/vote/pritchett_d/

Notice the conspicuous cross-selling with Vote NO on Carpinteria Measure J.
No PhotoShop image manipulation here.

And do not underestimate the Dennert Blog readers here in Santa Barbara County!

Roxie, a blue-dog Dem lab mix, was adopted in 2004 from K-9 PALS, a non-profit dog welfare group operating at the SB County animal shelter.

6 candidates, all incumbents, are competing for 5 seats in this election for the Democratic Party Committee representatives for the First Supervisorial District of Santa Barbara County, the District closest to Ventura County.

Click on continue reading to see the other animals before voting in the poll. You can vote for as many animals as you want.

State Assembly candidate Susan Jordan is running against Das Williams for the Democratic nomination to replace Pedro Nava in the state assembly. Her campaign sent in a photo of Ashley her dog, a sign photoshopped in, and this quote:

Ever since I was little, I was bringing home abandoned animals. Looking back, my mother was very tolerant considering we lived in a small one-bedroom apartment! Ashley came to us when she was only 8 months old and had been starved and abandoned. She has been a light in our lives ever since she arrived.

Susan Jordan and Das Williams are locked in a tight battle to win the nomination of their party. The intensity is really high because the winner of the nomination is expected to be able to easily beat the Republican nominee in this district.

Lately charges have been flying that the campaign has turned negative. Susan Jordan has been accused of violating a clean campaign pledge. Click on continue reading to see the charge against her and her response.

Susan Jordan's campaign wisely linked to her mailers so that we can judge for ourselves. Download them here ( pdf ) :

http://www.jordan4assembly.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/SJ-PXP-1-Q-1-way.pdf

http://www.jordan4assembly.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/SJ-40-Years-Q3.pdf

I think it would be great if all mailers were posted online so that we can see what candidates try to target to particular demographic groups. With that in mind email me any mailer that you would like to see posted.

Before you vote click here for the other dogs.

Das Williams ( City Council Member and Candidate for State Assembly), Gina Fischer, Cheryl Herman and The CTA will be receiving awards from the local Democratic Party at an event headlined by State Senate leader Darell Steinberg.

Click on continue reading for details.