http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/politicsanyone/46802 Kern County Supervisor Michael Rubio has taken his quest for the 16th District State Senate seat to the Web. This past weekend he achieved a June campain goal by passing the more than 1,000 supporter mark on the Facebook social networking site before the month expired on Tuesday. By Thursday afternoon he had 1,118 supporters, including local business, media, non-profit and government luminaries as well as bigger fish from out of town. State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg is a fan. According to an e-mail alert sent out this week Rubio has also topped another, more traditional, campaign goal. He's collected over $400,000 to back up his campaign for the top spot on next year's ballot. No formal challenger, Republican or Democrat, has materialized to challenge Rubio for the seat at this time. Rubio's campaign looks like its aimed at keeping it that way. Kern County Supervisor Michael Rubio has taken his quest for the 16th District State Senate seat to the Web. This past weekend he achieved a June campain goal by passing the more than 1,000 supporter mark on the Facebook social networking site before the month expired on Tuesday. By Thursday afternoon he had 1,118 supporters, including local business, media, non-profit and government luminaries as well as bigger fish from out of town. State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg is a fan. According to an e-mail alert sent out this week Rubio has also topped another, more traditional, campaign goal. He's collected over $400,000 to back up his campaign for the top spot on next year's ballot. No formal challenger, Republican or Democrat, has materialized to challenge Rubio for the seat at this time. Rubio's campaign looks like its aimed at keeping it that way. en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:55:32 PDT