[Infowarrior] - Congressman from MPAA & RIAA loses CA primary

[Richard Forno]

(c/o DD)

Note: This is one of the RIAA/MPAA puppets, who, back in '02, wanted to allow Hollywood to 'hack' home PCs in the name of anti-piracy.   Good riddance to him!  --- rick


Howard Berman (Dem-MPAA) has lost in his primary contest with opposing Democrat Brad Sherman. The two were in adjacent congressional districts that were joined in reapportionment, so they were forced to run against each other. Berman's contributions from Big Movie/TV/Music alone were nearly twice the total political contributions to Sherman (who got little to nothing from Big Media).

Open Secrets on Berman: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00008094&cycle=2012
Open Secrets on Sherman: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00006897&cycle=2012


Here is the LA Times report: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2012/06/berman-sherman-clash-continues-to-the-fall-election.html

A report from a local journalist is a little more clear. He writes: "Sherman's side notes they were significantly outspent by Berman, but insists they won't be between now and November." 
http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/06/heres_your_election_resul.php


Since Brad Sherman did not win an outright majority over Howard Berman, the latter can still enter the general election in November for the congressional seat against the former.

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