AD71 Watch: Mike Duvall Endorses Jeff Miller

It's dueling endorsements in AD71 today. This one came over the transom from the Jeff Miller for Assembly campaign:

Assemblyman Mike Duvall Endorses Jeff Miller in AD 71
Orange County Support Continues to Grow

ORANGE COUNTY, CA – Orange County Assemblyman Mike Duvall today endorsed Republican Jeff Miller for Assembly in the 71st District.  Duvall joins Congressman Ed Royce as key Orange County supporters of Miller.

“I have known Jeff Miller for years. Jeff built a successful business in Orange County and he is a hard-charging conservative who understands business and local government,“ said Duvall. “Jeff has been at the forefront of efforts to relieve traffic congestion on the 91 freeway. I know that Jeff will join with me and Assembly Republicans in fighting to rebuild California’s infrastructure, increase border security, reduce wasteful spending and hold the line on taxes.”

Duvall, like Miller, built a successful insurance business and served in local government before running for the Assembly. He serves on several key committees, including Budget and Transportation. Duvall joins Congressman Ed Royce in giving Miller a solid base of support among Orange County Republican leaders.
 
“Assemblyman Duvall’s endorsement, along with the support he has received from Congressman Ed Royce, demonstrates that Jeff Miller is the only candidate able to draw significant support from both Orange and Riverside counties,” said Miller consultant Dave Gilliard. “Jeff leads in money and he leads in endorsements. He is well on his way to being the next Assemblyman from the 71st district.”
 
The 71st Assembly district includes portions of both Orange and Riverside counties. Jeff Miller, who graduated from Tustin’s Foothill High School and from California State University, Fullerton has deep roots in both counties. He built a business in Mission Viejo before expanding it to Riverside County several years ago.

Comments

Good for Duvall. He's my Assemblyman and I'm happy to see him endorse Miller.

[Insider]

One can see right through this one. This was clearly an insurance industry driven endorsement.

[Been Around]

Now Miller has Royce and Duvall, two of the most energetic, hard-working and politically involved Republicans. That's a whole lot better than the termed-out Ackerman and Spitzer.

[Karl Rove]

I would venture to say that at the end of the day, the Spitzer, Ackerman and Schroeder endorsements are just the tip of the iceberg for Blais. Miller has gotten all he is going to get out of the OC.

[Been Around]

I would guess that the hard-charging Miller has just gotten started.

[duplojohn]

Oh that carries weight.

A first term assemblyman, an insurance industry pawn (he was an agent!)

The OC GOP is a joke, get a meaningful canidate and someone other than the retirees might support him/her.

"Miller has gotten all he is going to get out of the OC."

Your wrong. He is getting OC money. Neil doesn't have enough property to borrow against to keep up with Miller's fundraising. These races are a money game and Jeff has proven he doesn't need OC endorsments fundraise in OC.

"insurance industry pawn"?

That's just BS. If you bothered to look at Duvall's bill package and voting record you'd see that.

The pr says Duvall and Miller have known each other for years. Sounds like a pretty good explanation for an endorsement to me.

[GOP Watch]

Duvall endorsement is a weak one. Why would Miller want the endorsement of the worst Eminent Domain offender in the Orange County?

All anyone has to do is a quick search and find out that Duvall is the Republican or Democrat to use Eminent Domain to seize private property to transfer it to another private owner. This is the worst kind of Republican.

If Miller cares about Property Rights he should shun Duvall for his horrible behavior while on Yorba Linda city council.

Again, BS.

Marty-

If you had watched Yorba Linda City Council meetings, you would have seen Duvall recusing himself from redevelopment agency discussions and votes because of conflict of interest (he owns/ed property within a certain distance of the agency).

Your point also shows an ignorance of Duvall's bill package. AB 1322 (Duvall) strictly speaks to Mike's position on eminent domain.

Nice try.