California Primary

There's An Election Next Week?

Aaron Sankin | Posted 05.29.2012

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On June 5, San Francisco voters will head to the polls and weigh in on a whole host of important issues affecting the daily lives of people both in Sa...

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For First Time in Half Century, California's "Late" Primary Could Decide GOP Race

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 05.16.2012

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Stewart J. Lawrence

California has never mattered much in Republican presidential politics. But the Golden State seems destined to regain the political spotlight in 2012 because its June 5th primary is the last of the major delegate-rich contests in a GOP race that's beginning to look hopelessly deadlocked.

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CA-Pres: 51% Obama (D), 44% Opponent (R) (PPP 10/31)

Huffington Post | Brad J Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

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PPP 10/29-31/10 882 Likely voters (3.3% margin of error), including 317 Likely GOP primary voters (5.5% margin of error) Mode: Automated phone (PPP PD...

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California Voters to Choose: PG&E and Refineries or Clean Energy and the Climate

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Sandler

California voters should prepare for a barrage of election ads paid for by a somewhat green utility and two brown refineries hoping to postpone the transformation to the 21st century green economy.

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Taking Our Country Back From the Cult of Curmudgeon

Brock Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brock Cohen

Why does Bush get a pass from the Cult of Curmudgeon while his successor gets hung in effigy?

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Jason Linkins

Orly Taitz, Mickey Kaus And Fringe Candidate Comedy In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lots of people are having great fun with last night's results in California, in which professional vexatious litigant and birther dentist Orly Taitz m...

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California GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Was the Highest Bidder

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tina Dupuy

The reason why we give our elected officials a salary is so they don't have to have a fortune to hold office. California's 2010 primary was a vanity project for the ridiculously wealthy.

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In California Primaries, LGBT Friends and Foes Advance; Now We Must Prepare for November

Geoff Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

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Geoff Kors

Pro-equity candidates need our help. Their opponents are strong, and we know that they will try to stir up fear and hatred to get a part of their base to show up and vote.

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Meg Whitman Victory Speech: Portion Of Text Discovered (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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What might a Meg Whitman victory speech sound like? A sample has been leaked. The California GOP gubernatorial candidate and former eBay CEO plans to...

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Complete 2010 California Primary Results

Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California Republicans took an historic step Tuesday by nominating two wealthy businesswomen to challenge Democratic icons for go...

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Why Today's GOP Winners Are Already Losers

Nathan Daschle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nathan Daschle

After tripping over themselves to appeal to the Tea Party, these candidates will have to walk a tightrope that won't alienate the radical right while appealing to moderates. We believe they'll fall off.

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California Primary Preview

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

There are a few California races worth watching tomorrow. The biggest of these will happen on the Republican side, as challengers for governor and senator vie to become their party's nominees.

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Crunch Time: GOP Candidates Make Final Appeal To California Voters

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Candidates were making a final push for votes on Monday ahead of a primary election in which Republicans could propel two w...

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Focus on Attacking California's Problems - Not Fellow Democrats

Alberto Torrico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alberto Torrico

We are now hours away from holding our state's primary election to nominate our Democratic Attorney General candidate. But, as is all too unfortunatel...

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Why Carly Fiorina Is Not Cool for California

Mona Gable | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mona Gable

We're so lucky in California to have two wealthy women running for political office in our upcoming primary. Who says we haven't come a long way, baby?

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California's Governship - Sold to the Highest Bidder

Zach Friend | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zach Friend

Money can't buy you love, but it can buy you a California gubernatorial primary. A just-released Field Poll shows Meg Whitman holding a better than tw...

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Yes on Prop 15 -- One Small Step for Democracy

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

A victory for Proposition 15, the California Fair Elections Act, will mean that the race for the Golden State's Secretary of State will be a "clean money election" in 2014 and 2018. A small step, but a necessary one.

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Brownosaurus Rex and California's Ugly Election

Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bennet Kelley

While it is premature to declare any winners in the June 8th California primary races, one loser is already evident -- the citizens of California.

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Stoking Racist Xenophobia for Political Gain

Anat Shenker-Osorio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, California Primary, Politics, Undocumented Immigrants, California, Illegal Immigrants, Steve Poizner, Racism, Immigration, Election, Politics News
Anat Shenker-Osorio

Steve Poizner has clearly taken a page from a handbook on propaganda in his latest ad bating us to pin our economic troubles on illegal immigrants. Th...

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Carly Fiorina Gets Boost From Susan B. Anthony List, Anti-Abortion Group

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A national organization that opposes abortion says it will spend about $215,000 in the final days of the California Republican Sena...

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The Butler Didn't Do It

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Primary, Betsy Butler, State Assembly, Global Warming, California Politics, Los Angeles News
Robert J. Elisberg

Admire Betsy Butler's politics or not, that's a personal matter. But the attacks on her are spectacularly underhanded, venal and have no place in our life.

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Is Meg Whitman Melting? One Poll Says Yes!

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Feldman

Remember the scene in the Wizard of Oz when water is spilled on the Wicked Witch and she melts? Is the same thing happening before our eyes with Meg Whitman.

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California - A Crisis of Confidence?

Zach Friend | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zach Friend

It must be nice to be a billionaire. Over the last few weeks, GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has inundated California airwaves with an unprec...

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The Weirdest Political Ad of All Time: Thank You, Carly Fiorina (VIDEO)

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Brown

Beware! California GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has just unleashed a 3-minute attack ad that will melt the brains of all voters in the Golden State and beyond.

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Van Jones Hearts Meg Whitman

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Kelly

Meg Whitman once said something nice about Van Jones, which didn't mean anything at the time, but now proves she supports collectivism and miscegenation.

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