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Secretary of State Semi-Official Elections Results

(Editor’s Note: Scroll down to “Maps,” which show how each county voted for closer look at the state’s political breakdown. Only Orange County — 43 percent GOP registration — and San Francisco — 56.6 percent Democratic — rejected Proposition 14, for example.)    Read more »

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Rejoice! Finally, the Last Meg Whitman-Steve Poizner Mailer

(Editor’s Note: Darn confusing, this Republican primary. Hard to figure out who stands for what. One day Poizner is just another liberal politician and then he is the only conservative in the race. One day he’s joining with labor unions to weaken Proposition 13 and the next he’s its “#1 defender.”      Read more »

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And This from the Tom Campbell U.S. Senate Campaign

Friend,

Tomorrow is Election Day.

We’ve asked you to step up throughout this campaign and you’ve always come through. Tomorrow is the big day, and we need you to do three things to help Tom win.

Plan to Vote Tomorrow Have a question on how to vote in the Republican Primary or where to vote?    Read more »

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U.S. Senate Candidate Chuck DeVore — Ever the Optimist

Dear —-

I have a path to victory in the Tuesday Republican Primary.

But I need your urgent help right now to make it happen.

All I’m asking for is just 5 minutes of your time today and 5 minutes of your time tomorrow.

What I need you to do is so simple and so easy – yet it will likely be the difference between victory and defeat.    Read more »

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Democratic Voter Alert: There Are More Options Than Jerry

Like GOP voters in the Republican primary for governor, Democrats have many more options to choose from than their most visible gubernatorial candidate, Attorney General Jerry Brown.

Counting Brown, there are seven Democratic candidates for governor. There are also seven GOP contenders, three Peace & Freedom candidates, two American Independents, two Green Party candidates and one Libertarian for a total field of 23.    Read more »

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GOP Voters: There Are Other Choices Besides Meg and Steve

From the relentless carpet-bombing of television ads and mailers, the impression California Republicans would get is that their only choices for governor on June 8 are former eBay executive Meg Whitman and Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.

They’re just two of eight candidates vying for the GOP nomination. Unlike Whitman, Bill Chambers, Douglas Hughes, Ken Miller, Larry Naritelli, Robert Newman and David Tully-Smith have not donated nearly $70 million of their own money to trumpet their candidacies.    Read more »

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Explore This Fascinating and Disingenuous Campaign Mailer

(Editor’s Note: Above is the cover of one of the more interesting mailers of the June 2010 primary election. At first blush, a reader wonders exactly how big an audience Ms. Cranch is appealing to. The words “union” and “Republican” are not commonly used in conjunction. It’s a bigger audience than the reader might assume.    Read more »

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The Campaign Mailbag Runneth Over…

(Editor’s Note: Recycled paper, one hopes.)    Read more »

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Democrats Hold Business-Backed Measures on Suspense File

Most bills supported by the California Chamber of Commerce and other pro-business groups were held in the Senate and Assembly Appropriations committees during the recently completed suspense file process.

Suspense is the process whereby bills with fiscal impacts – over $150,000 in the Assembly — are held and then considered together based on the state’s fiscal condition.    Read more »

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