"He's running a good, effective campaign against a well-entrenched incumbent." The Democrats are hoping to pick up several House seats in California and other close races around the nation to wrest back control of the lower chamber they lost to the GOP in the 2006 midterm elections. Earlier this month, former President endorsed seven Democratic congressional candidates running in California, including Harder. The 10th Congressional District in Stanislaus County and portions of San Joaquin County is home to a growing number of residents who work in the San Francisco Bay Area but live further inland in cities such as Modesto and Turlock, where housing costs tend to be substantially lower. "You definitely see this trending in favor of Democrats in this area," said Routh, the local political scientist.Area. He can't raise anything locally." Harder countered that "the vast majority" of the campaign's contributions have been small dollar amounts raised locally that don't show up on federal election data. He also said the campaign is steering away from PAC money but charged that 70 percent of the money raised by his challenger has been from "corporate PACs and special interests, which is who he is working for. That's why he voted the way he did in favor of the tax bill, on the water bill."