Carl DeMaio, a Republican House candidate hoping to represent California's San Diego area, is learning quickly about the perils of throwing political elbows.
DeMaio made a name for himself leading pension reform as a member of San Diego's city council. According to his campaign's website, DeMaio "authored and led the coalition to pass the landmark pension reform initiative that ends pension spiking abuses, caps pensionable payouts, and closes the city's troubled pension system and gives new hires 401(k)-style retirement accounts instead."
DeMaio is hoping to illuminate the pension issue at the federal level. Monday, his campaign issued a report detailing, by name, the number of congressmen in Washington drawing public pensions along with their annual salaries of $174,000. Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., the incumbent DeMaio hopes to unseat, made the list.
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