July 6, 2010, 12:05 AM
In her campaign to become California's next attorney general, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris may be facing a big blue wall. Few endorsements are more coveted by politicians than those from police and law enforcement groups. But they are particularly important in the attorney general...
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June 17, 2010, 4:43 AM
Mike Villines is now in the lead for the Republican primary for insurance commissioner. Villines, a termed-out Assemblyman and former Republican Assembly leader, seemed poised to lose an astounding upset to Brian FitzGerald, a political newcomer and Insurance Department enforcement...
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June 15, 2010, 12:08 AM
10:06 a.m. Update: Brian FitzGerald's lead has shrunk to 234 votes over Mike Villines. *** The Republican primary for insurance commissioner has tightened since last week, as some provisional and mail-in ballots have been tallied. The race showed some surprising results last week...
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June 14, 2010, 12:25 AM
Of the three ballot measures that failed Tuesday, the one with the least amount of hoopla may have been Proposition 15 – the initiative that would have created a small public-campaign-financing program beginning with the secretary of state's race in 2014. The idea, presumably, was...
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June 7, 2010, 12:11 AM
Opponents of Proposition 14, the open primary initiative on tomorrow's ballot, targeted some mail to California Democrats last week, attempting to get traction against a measure that the polls say has bipartisan support. The mail piece is decorated with color pictures of Gov. Arnold...
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May 27, 2010, 12:04 AM
As campaigns come down to the electoral wire, candidates’ resumes and public statements are scrutinized by their opponents. Every so often, somebody catches something that can turn a campaign upside down. In Connecticut, state Attorney General and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard...
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April 2, 2010, 12:05 AM
Ever wonder what kind of dough you need to rub elbows with politicians at a swanky fundraiser? Check out the Sunlight Foundation's Party Time project that's "documenting the political partying circuit." Photo by Kevin BurkettU.S. Capitol Attending a luncheon benefiting Barbara...
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March 30, 2010, 12:08 AM
It took us a while, but the intrepid reporters at California Watch were finally able to confirm this week what many politicos have long suspected. Beneath the blaring television ads and bazillion-dollar spending sprees that have thus far defined the California governor's race, there is in fact...
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January 2, 2010, 11:40 AM
Battle lines are just starting to be sketched in the race for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and years-old rhetoric from candidate Gloria Romero might put her at odds with one of her primary backers. Politicos around Sacramento have observed that the California Teachers Association...
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January 2, 2010, 10:40 AM
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has taken a few lumps for her flattering endorsement of (and donation to) California GOP Enemy No. 1 Barbara Boxer during her 2004 re-election bid. But go back a couple more years, and it was Boxer heaping her own measure of praise upon the...
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