The crucial number in an intriguing private poll, now circulating in Democratic circles, that maps the political landscape for a challenge by Laura Capps to the reelection of Supervisor Das Williams: 44.
That’s the percent of 403 likely voters surveyed in the 1st District who described themselves as “undecided” in a likely matchup between the incumbent and Santa Barbara school board member Capps in the March 2020 election.
Although Capps has not yet declared her candidacy, she has told friends and associates in recent weeks that she expects to announce in August.