Qualcomm in the House

Qualcomm, the cell-phone-chip-making giant founded by Barack Obama-backing La Jolla billionaire Irwin Jacobs, continued to send its campaign dollars to Republican candidates during this year’s mid-term elections. Recent recipients include Texas senator John Cornyn with $2500 on October 4. Democratic senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina got $1000 on the same day, as did Republican Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. …

Jess Durfee, former head of the San Diego County Democratic Party, picked up a free ticket to San Diego State University Aztec’s October 18 game versus Hawaii at Qualcomm stadium, thanks to Democratic city councilman Todd Gloria. A city disclosure filing says the freebie was worth $25.