and pushing carl s positive message of reform. to have it timed about a week before, thereabouts, causes maximum disruption to the campaign. so as an act of political vandalism, it arguably could be effective. reporter: a candidate for california s 52nd congressal district, it has been bamting both sides of the aisle with democrats and some republicans questioning his candidacy due to his being an openly gay republican. as the investigation into the break-in continues, the campaign insists whoever is responsible knew what they were doing and what they were looking for. our phone cords were cut. not just the cords to the foeps but the hand set cords were sut, our cable modem was stoebl stolen, our router, which leads us to believe that someone was trying to silence carl. reporter: demayo is expected to win one of the openings.