As a candidate in the 51st Congressional District, Stephen Meade's politics are a problem.
He's a conservative Republican in a district where voter registration is more than 2-to-1 Democratic. The district is 70% Latino, but Meade does not speak Spanish.
He has no money to campaign. And his opponent, Democratic Rep. Juan Vargas, has the power of incumbency.
There's another thing that may make things difficult for the 88-year-old political novice: He wears women's clothing.
"I'm straight, but I just have this thing about loving ladies' clothes," Meade said.
Marilyn, 82, his wife of 40-plus years, is fine with his preference for dresses, shoes (he has 30 pairs) and showy jewelry.
"That's how he is it's part of his makeup," she said.
All his life, Meade said, he was "tormented" by his desire to dress like a woman.
In the Army during World War II, in college, as a reporter for the Los Angeles Examiner, and then during a career as a salesman in electronics and real estate, he wore men's clothing, slipping into women's wear in private.
When he married Marilyn, he threw away a closet of women's clothes. "Among us guys who do this it's called splurge and purge," he said.
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San Diego Republican wages long-shot run for Congress