Opinion: Pavley surging ahead of Levine

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Environmental hero Fran Pavley, the former assemblywoman who authored California’s landmark global warming bill, appears to be heading back to Sacramento after two years off. It looks like she’s easily defeating current Assemblyman Lloyd Levine in the hard-fought Democratic primary battle for state Senate district 23.

That’s the more-liberal-than-thou district that takes in parts of the West San Fernando Valley, some of the Westside, Santa Monica, Malibu and on up the coast a bit. Sheila Kuehl is being termed out of that seat this year. One odd thing about the district -- it abuts the Senate district that currently is held by congressional candidate Tom McClintock, perhaps the Legislature’s most ardent conservative. How do those political map-makers pull these things off?