What do Palm Springs and Escondido have in common? After Prop. 50, they’re battlegrounds for Democrats taking on Issa

PALM SPRINGS — At an upscale bistro in Palm Springs, Rita Aikey had just written a $500 check for a congressional candidate who hails from more than a hundred miles away from the Coachella Valley.

For more than an hour, Aikey and her spouse, Jim Fitzjames, had listened to San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert make her stump speech to a crowded fundraising brunch.

“She was very impressive,” Aikey said.

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