Is ‘top two’ killing third parties? Not really
While California’s “top two” primary has been bad news for third-party election efforts, some of the advocates for independent candidates are sounding way too confident about how wonderfully well they...
View ArticleHonda drops off ‘most vulnerable incumbent’ list
San Jose Rep. Mike Honda has dropped off a political top 10 list, and he couldn’t be happier. Roll Call, a top Washington, D.C., political site, on Tuesday moved the veteran Democrat off its “10 Most...
View ArticleCampaign outrage — and it’s only August
Fake political news sites! Phony ballot designations! Angry charges and countercharges! It must be August in an election year. With the Nov. 4 election still nearly three months away and cash short for...
View ArticleOne debate not enough in Bera vs. Ose congressional contest?
Democratic Rep. Ami Bera and Republican Doug Ose have finally agreed to square off in an Oct. 8 debate, but Ose says that’s not nearly enough in the suburban Sacramento congressional district that has...
View ArticleGOP’s Swearengin won’t say she’ll vote for Kashkari
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Neel Kashkari’s faux-hobo trip to Fresno may have cost him at least one vote. When Ashley Swearengin, the Republican candidate for state controller, was asked at a...
View ArticleZero is a good number for Brown to take from debate
People looking for the biggest takeaway from Thursday night’s mano-a-mano meeting between Gov. Jerry Brown and Republican Neel Kashkari can focus on a single figure: zero. That’s the total number of...
View ArticleGiants rumors are making life hard for GOP hopeful
It’s tough for a big-city mayor to be elected to statewide office, and Republican Ashley Swearengin of Fresno is finding out exactly why. The San Francisco Giants are rumored to be moving their Pacific...
View ArticleBrown says state shouldn’t legislate diaper-changing stations
With a couple of vetoes, Jerry Brown reminded the GOP why he’s probably the best Republican governor they can hope for these days. SB1350 by state Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, and SB1358 by Sen. Ricardo...
View ArticleKhanna backers fight back against Honda charges
An independent expenditure group is riding to Ro Khanna’s rescue with a radio spot pushing back against a TV attack ad that Rep. Mike Honda of San Jose is running against his fellow Democrat in the...
View ArticleNewsom picks politics of guns over pot
In politics, timing is way more important than consistency. Just ask Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. Two years ago, after voters in Washington state and Colorado legalized the recreational use of marijuana, the...
View ArticleHonda listed as vulnerable incumbent — but how vulnerable is he?
San Jose Rep. Mike Honda is back on Roll Call’s “10 Most Vulnerable House Members” list, but he’s likely telling his supporters not to worry. After all, he was on the same list a month before the June...
View ArticleNurses’ union endorses Newsom, citing his single-payer position
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom picked up a major endorsement for his 2018 campaign for governor Wednesday when the 90,000-member California Nurses Association gave him its blessing at a meeting in Los Angeles....
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