CENTRAL COAST POLITICIAN AND FORMER MAYOR OF SANTA MARIA ABEL MALDONADO IS REPORTEDLY RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. ON THURSDAY MALDONADO FILED PAPERWORK NECESSARY TO START FUNDRAISING FOR A 2014 RUN AND HIRED TWO NATIONALLY KNOWN REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS TO HELP IN HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST JERRY BROWN. MALDONADO HAS SERVED ON THE STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY AND LOST IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE LAST YEAR.
