By Melanie Mason, LA Times

SACRAMENTO — The 2014 money chase is in full swing in a number of key California Assembly races, according to campaign finance reports filed this week that offer a preview of the battleground districts that will be decisive in the Democrats’ campaign to preserve their supermajority.

In one closely-watched race, the Democratic incumbent, Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva of Fullerton, lags slightly behind one Republican challenger, Young Kim, a staffer in the district office of Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton).

Quirk-Silva pulled in nearly $300,000 between July and December of last year and spent almost $90,000 for her reelection campaign. She had more than $311,000 in cash on hand at end of 2013.
Kim, her opponent, raised $382,000 during the last six months of 2013 and spent $52,000; she has more than $336,000 in the bank.

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