43rd District

Citing a state statute that precisely defines the eligibility of a candidate, Rosemary Woodlock, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the 43rd District Assembly seat, filed a suit on Monday seeking to eject her main primary-election opponent from the race. The suit, filed in Superior Court in Sacramento, alleges that Terry B.

A candidate for a Glendale-area state Assembly seat is facing scrutiny about whether he lives in the district he is running to represent, as the law requires. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office is looking into whether Sunder Ramani, the Republican candidate on the Nov. 2 ballot, lives in the 43rd Assembly District, as he reported on voter registration and candidacy papers under penalty of perjury. David Demerjian, head of the district attorney's public integrity division, said he was checking on Ramani's residency after receiving complaints about a week ago from people claiming to have evidence that the candidate still lives in a home he and his wife own in La Cañada Flintridge, outside the district.

Assemblyman James Rogan (R-Glendale), 37, was first elected to the Assembly in May, 1994. A former Municipal Court judge, Rogan is married and has two children. Democratic challenger Adam Schiff, 34, a Burbank resident is a former assistant U.S. Attorney. He is single. This race will be a big test for Rogan and the Glendale-based conservative Republicans who have long controlled the 43rd District.

Two hard-fought Southern California special elections for vacant state legislative seats will be decided in a June 8 runoff, as no candidate in either race won a majority of the vote Tuesday. In a Glendale-Silver Lake Assembly race, attorney and former legislative aide Mike Gatto of Silver Lake beat two other Democrats and will face Republican businessman Sunder Ramani of Burbank in a runoff to succeed Democrat Paul Krekorian, who was elected to the Los Angeles City Council.

Two contenders in an open Democratic Assembly primary are accusing a third--the perceived favorite--of failing to meet residency requirements to qualify for the race. Rosemary Woodlock of Woodland Hills, who is seeking the 43rd Assembly District seat being relinquished by Gray Davis (D-Los Angeles), said Tuesday that she will seek to keep Terry B. Friedman of Westwood off the June 3 primary ballot.

State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown has made a sizable last-minute campaign contribution to Adam Schiff, the Democratic candidate in the 43rd Assembly District, turning that Glendale-Burbank contest into a battle between rival state party organizations.

With his two underdog opponents conceding they face an uphill fight, veteran Assemblyman Pat Nolan (R-Glendale) has plenty of reason to feel confident about his reelection prospects.

A challenge to debate has itself become the subject of one. "Today, I call upon my opponent, Terry Friedman, to come out of hiding, face me and to face the people by agreeing to a series of debates," challenger Tom Franklin, a Beverly Hills Republican, said in a Sept. 26 news release. "We'll be waiting for the Friedman campaign to call." A week later, Assemblyman Friedman (D-Tarzana), who represents the 43rd District, expressed surprise when a reporter inquired about Franklin's challenge.

Sacramento Superior Court today will hear a suit that seeks to eject the widely acknowledged front-runner from the 43rd Assembly District Democratic primary. Rosemary Woodlock filed the suit in Sacramento on Monday, citing a state statute that defines candidates' eligibility requirements. The suit alleges that Terry B.

When it comes to political springboards, it's hard to find a place much bouncier than the 43rd Assembly District. Howard L. Berman (D-Panorama City) represented it from 1973 to 1983, nearly became Assembly Speaker and now sits in Congress. Gray Davis (D-Los Angeles), former Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s chief of staff, succeeded Berman. In just two terms, he amassed more than $1 million in campaign funds, enough to make him the man to beat in the state controller's race.

Voters narrowed the fields Tuesday in two hard-fought Southern California special elections for vacant state legislative seats, but both races were headed for June 8 runoffs, election night returns were showing. In a Glendale- Silver Lake area Assembly race, Democratic attorney and former congressional aide Mike Gatto of Silver Lake was leading fellow Democrat Glendale school board member Nayiri Nahabedian. The third Democrat in the race, Chahe Keuroghelian, a businessman and former spokesman for the Glendale Police Department, trailed them.

While the battle to represent the 43rd Assembly District is interesting on its own merits because it features two young, articulate and sophisticated candidates, there are issues just below the surface that make it particularly intriguing. In the race, Democrat Dario Frommer is facing Republican Craig Missakian to represent the district, which includes parts of Glendale, Burbank, Toluca Lake, Los Feliz and Hollywood.

Half a dozen Assembly races in Los Angeles County are being carefully watched by both major political parties. In the battle for control of the Legislature, most of the 24 seats on ballots around the county are not expected to change party hands in the fall, even though incumbents will not be on the ballot in seven of them. The exceptions are the 43rd, 44th, 53rd, 54th, 56th and 60th districts, all in suburban areas that can no longer be counted sure bets by either party.

And on the seventh day, Adam and Eve worked the phones. In a union hall in Burbank, challenger Adam Schiff and his fiancee, Eve Sanderson, spent Sunday dialing up Democratic voters in the Burbank-Glendale legislative race that has evolved into the region's most spirited contest for Assembly, the 43rd District. In the beginning was the campaign, and it was fought over such issues as the teaching of creationism in the public schools.

State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown has made a sizable last-minute campaign contribution to Adam Schiff, the Democratic candidate in the 43rd Assembly District, turning that Glendale-Burbank contest into a battle between rival state party organizations.

Armed with a new $58,000 contribution from a Republican Party leader, state Assemblyman James Rogan (R-Glendale) has taken a big lead in fund-raising over his Democratic foe as the pair enter the final leg of their hotly contested campaign. Rogan's $58,000 donation from state Assemblyman Jim Brulte (R-San Bernadino), the Assembly Republican leader, was the standout contribution to Rogan during the last three weeks when, altogether, the assemblyman raised $117,710 in cash.

When Terry B. Friedman and Burt M. Margolin became college chums in 1970, their friendship was cemented by an intense interest in politics. Both were leaders in the California Federation of Young Democrats. Both had liberal Jewish backgrounds. And both spoke of becoming politicians one day. Margolin realized his goal in 1982, when he was elected to the Assembly.

Some like their politics nasty. But the candidates in the 43rd Congressional District clearly prefer theirs nice. In an election year dominated by ruthless character assaults, the match between Mark Takano and Ken Calvert has been remarkably mud-free--a gentlemanly duel of good manners and cheerful disagreements over the issues.