Craig Huey

Who is Craig Huey?

Craig Alan Huey is an American Republican Party politician who was the Republican nominee in the redistricted 2012 66th State Assembly district election in California. Prior to that, Huey ran for Congress in the 2011 special election to replace Jane Harman.

Huey is a businessman who runs and owns two direct marketing companies as well as several websites that provide guidelines for voting. A conservative political activist, he ran with Tea Party backing, donor-backing, and self-financing in California's 36th congressional district special election to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of long term Democratic U.S. Representative Jane Harman. Huey was one of the top two finalists in California's first open primary, which was held on May 17, 2011. He faced Democratic Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn in the general election runoff on July 12, 2011, losing the election by a margin of 54.6% to 45.4%.