Overheard in Fog City

Luke Thomas
FCJ Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
Photo by Adam Aufdencamp

By Luke Thomas

February 9, 2008, 8:30 a.m.

Joe Nation to enter D3 Senate race

Former Marin assemblymember Joe Nation is expected to announce his candidacy in the District 3 Senate race today.

Nation, who told Fog City Journal in November that he was looking "more closely" at the race, declined to elaborate on the details of his upcoming announcement scheduled for 11 a.m. in Petaluma.

"It's an announcement regarding the race," Nation told Fog City by phone a few moments ago. "That's all I can say at this moment."

Joe Nation
Photo courtesy ca.gov

Though Nation, 51, ran unsuccessfully to unseat Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma) in 2006, his name recognition in Marin and Sonoma counties, coupled with his campaigning experience, could combine to make the D3 race outcome even more difficult to predict.

Conventional wisdom, however, suggests Nation, who lives in San Rafael, will likely draw votes away from incumbent Senator Carole Migden who is already facing stiff challenges from Assemblymember Mark Leno and San Francisco Police Commissioner Joe Alioto-Veronese.

When Fog City congratulated him on his decision to enter the race, Nation said, "Thank you, I appreciate it."

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