The Los Angeles Times reports:
None of this seems to faze Shifren, a rabbi, public school substitute teacher and triathlete, who said he has spent about $2,000 on his campaign, mainly on brochures about his conservative views.
He said he has volunteers contacting voters and uses his website, www.rabbiforsenate.com, to disseminate his ideas.
"I actually expect to win," Shifren said. "I definitely offer a radical alternative to the tax-and-spend Democrat."
Shifren said two critical issues are crime and education.
He advocates making imprisonment a tougher experience as a deterrent and cracking down on illegal immigration.
He wants schools to raise academic standards and would "deny the right to vote for anyone that does not pass state standards in education."
He also wants "only American citizens" to receive food stamps, welfare, education, hospital services and even "loans and mortgages."
