Issa weighs back home – by Duncan Hunter

Former representative Darrell Issa wants to make a comeback, and is considering a path that would place him face-to-face with Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter.

The California Republican has set up an exploratory committee, according to a website that recently touted his cap but which has since been updated to announce that he was considering a race for the 50th congressional district of the US. State, "thanks to a tremendous momentum of encouragement from the supporters of the district". around the state and across the nation. "

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Several requests addressed to representatives of Issa were not returned.

President Donald Trump has appointed Issa as Director of the US Trade and Development Agency, which helps US companies boost their exports to emerging economies, but the process dragged into the Commission on External Relations of the Senate for almost a year.

Issa announced his retirement last year and saw his former seat claimed by Democrat Mike Levin, one of seven California districts held by the GOP to tip the cycle. The field in Hunter District in the San Diego area is much more friendly than in the former Issa field of attack, with Republicans enjoying a strong enrollment advantage.

But there is a problem: the former government gives Hunter some autonomy even though a January trial for alleged violations of election campaign funding threatens to harm his chances only a few months before the California primary.

Even if Hunter withdraws, Issa will face tremendous Republican competition from Carl DeMaio, a former city councilor in San Diego, who has a wide reputation in his name and a gift for fundraising. Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, meanwhile, is trying the siege again after dislodging Hunter last year.

Issa is not the only Californian Republican to want to return to Congress.

Former representative David Valadao officially announced this week that he was showing up at his former headquarters in Central Valley, which Rep. TJ Cox had claimed last year in the last minute of any turnaround. of the California Congress. The House leadership had already organized a fundraiser for Valadao even before its declaration.