While amazon techie women from Silicon Valley could rule California after the November election, if recent polls are any indication, there's a new contender taking aim at Sen Barbara Boxer: Hollywood producer Brian Quintana, responsible for the 2011 release Superman: Man of Steel. Looking to slide into the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, which is unlikely given Boxer's popularity, Quintana "says he would be the first 'person of color' to represent California in the senate."

Quintana's campaign narrative, however, as original. It's called "Take California Back." And his platform? Creating jobs, cutting spending, improving schools, etc. [via LA Weekly]