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By Nadin Abbott
November 9, 2012 (San Diego)—Democratic Congresswoman Susan Davis has won reelection, beating Republican challenger Nick Popaditch by a solid 60.42% to 39.58% margin. With redistricting, Davis now represents areas as far east as El Cajon.
For Popaditch, a military veteran, this was his second defeat at the polls; in 2010 he ran unsuccessfully against Congressman Bob Filner.
Outside Golden Hall (Election Central) on Election Night, Davis told ECM that she is going back to Washington where Republicans still hold a majority in the House of Representatives, albeit by a slimmer margin. Since Tea Party conservatives took power in 2010, the GOP has largely obstructed the Obama administration’s legislative agenda and even threatened to default on the nation’s debt rather than compromise on tax and budget issues.
Davis told ECM that following sweeping wins for Democrats in an election that saw several prominent Tea Party members ousted from Congress, she is “opeful that her Republican colleagues "will come back and act like grown ups" to address the nation’s issues in a bipartisan fashion. She added that now is the time to stop "resisting any effort to compromise. We have to move on."
To learn more about Congresswoman Davis, read our recent in-depth interview with her on issues ranging from jobs to veterans at http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/11553 . To view a map of the district, see http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/voters/Eng/maps/CongressionalSDCountyMap.jpg.
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