Over the past couple weeks, California voters have been receiving their Official Voter Guides for the June 7 election, and while the presidential primary is eating up most of the headlines, there’s also a race to see who will replace retiring U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, who is leaving the capitol after more than three decades in Congress.
The presumptive frontrunner is Kamala Harris, a rising political star currently serving as the state’s Attorney General. But the field is packed with challengers — 21 of them, in fact — and judging from their campaign statements many hold views way, way outside the Beltway.
Below we’ve presented eight particularly curious quotes from eight aspiring politicos. Some are clever; some are irreverent; and some are just plain befuddling. See if you can match the candidates to their quotes, and then click on over to the full candidate statements (link below) for the answers.
Here are the candidates:
And here, in no particular order, are actual quotes from their candidate statements:
Think you’ve got it figured out? Here’s a pdf with the full statements, plus contact and website information for each candidate to find out more. And if you haven’t done so already, register to vote! The deadline is Monday, and it’s super-easy. Start by clicking here.