Andy Caldwell | Credit: Courtesy

This story first appeared at Newsmakers with JR on October 14.

Three days before a showdown debate, Republican congressional candidate Andy Caldwell previewed his strategy with a series of blistering attacks against Democratic Rep. Salud Carbajal, painting him as an ineffective, partisan puppet of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“Nancy Pelosi’s district is getting two votes — we’re getting none,” said Caldwell, who represents North County business and oil interests before the Board of Supervisors as the longtime director of the Coalition of Labor, Agriculture and Business.

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