After Mortgage Fallout Challenger weighs write-in challenge to Rep. Richardson

The Long Beach Press-Telegram (6/5, Canalis) reports Cypress College professor Peter Mathews (D) said Wednesday that he "was not ready to rule out running a write-in campaign" against Rep. Laura Richardson (D). The paper adds, "Reached by phone Wednesday afternoon, one of Richardson's top aides did not comment on the possibility of a rematch with Mathews, but on Saturday the congresswoman issued a statement chiding her challenger's multiple, unsuccessful runs for Congress. Many votes were likely cast via absentee ballots before Richardson's problems surfaced, but her Tuesday showing was so commanding it is unlikely that her housing woes would have affected the race's outcome if voters learned of it sooner."  Mathews said  "you could say I am thinking about weighing it. There's no other candidate. There's no other choice on the ballot." Mathews, who is also a Democrat, said he was going to talk with his campaign team and other supporters but was noncommittal beyond that. Previously, Richardson trounced Mathews and community newspaper publisher Lee Davis. Richardson received 74.87 percent of the vote. Mathews picked up 16.67 percent, and Davis took 8.46percent. The Republicans did not field a candidate in the primary.