Marin’s assemblyman faces Novato challenger in fall election

Marin’s assemblyman faces Novato challenger in fall election

Republican candidate Andy Podshadley knows he faces an uphill battle to unseat Assemblymember Damon Connolly, a Democrat, in the Nov. 5 election. More than 304,000 registered voters live in California’s 12th Assembly District, and 59% of them are Democrats, according to the California Secretary of State’s Office. The district includes all of Marin and part of Sonoma County. “I’m a backpacker, I’ve summited Mount Whitney five times, I’ve climbed …