This Department of Treasury, run by this administration, using the same tried and true accounting methods that every business in America uses, cast new light on the fiscal severity that our Nation is facing, what some would call a mess.

On paper Costa was an overwhelming favorite. Ashburn's campaign made plays on Costa's name "Costa's going to cost ya" and linked him to former Governor Gray Davis calling them "two taxing twins. California Legislature
Costa represented part of Fresno in the state legislature for 24 years serving in the California State Assembly from 1978 until 1994 and in the California State Senate from 1994 until 2002.

S. James Manuel "Jim" Costa (born April 13 1952) is the U.