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California Election

GOP Showing In Key State Leaves Some Worried

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 01.10.2013 | Politics
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LOS ANGELES — If the future happens first in California, the Republican Party has a problem. The nation's most populous state – home to 1...

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PHOTOS: How Did The California Ballot Measures Fare?

Posted 01.07.2013 | San Francisco
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The results of California's hotly-contested ballot measures varied, with some popular measures coming in strong and others going down in flames. Je...

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Dianne Feinstein Wins

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
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GOP candidate Elizabeth Emken lost her bid against Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), projects the Associated Press. Emken was considered a longshot...

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Dianne Feinstein Wins

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) won reelection Tuesday against Elizabeth Emken, projects the Associated Press. Feinstein was expected to win a fou...

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LOOK: California Election Results MAP

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
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This is where you'll find the California election results for the 2012 presidential election, the state's Senate and House contests and how citizens v...

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California Students Can't Afford To Be Left Out of the Equation

Josephine Kao | Posted 01.06.2013 | Teen
Read More: Prop 30, California Schools, California Public Schools, California Election, California Education, Teen News
Josephine Kao

Though I am not old enough to vote in the California General Election, I encourage those who can vote to support Prop 30, which directly affects me and my fellow 6.3 million public school students.

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Obama Poised To Score 55 Electoral Votes In California

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
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In the California election on Tuesday, Democrats are poised to score. President Barack Obama is expected to cruise to victory and capture Californi...

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PHOTOS: How To Drink Your Way Through This Election

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.05.2012 | San Francisco
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Ah, election night. That magical evening when America gets to participate in and then either celebrate or complain about the democratic process. O...

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Stop, or You're Getting a Time Out! A Parent's Plea to Molly Munger and Gov. Jerry Brown

Crystal Brown | Posted 10.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Governor Jerry Brown, 2012 Election, Deferrals, California Propositions, School Districts, Teachers, Molly Munger, Parents, California, Education Reform, California Election, Home News
Crystal Brown

As the November election nears, I am absolutely appalled and heartbroken as I watch the teams behind Ms. Munger's Proposition 38 and Gov. Brown's Proposition 30 campaigns continue to take aim at each other.

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Jerry Brown: Gearing Up a Campaign at Last?

William Bradley | Posted 11.22.2012 | Politics
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William Bradley

It's been a fairly quiet campaign season so far in California with the exception of Proposition 32, the effort to rein in campaign spending by public employee unions by taking away their ability to have automatic paycheck deductions from union members.

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After Critical Elections, Labor Unions Could Feel Further Squeeze

Reuters | Posted 08.06.2012 | Politics
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* California, Wisconsin votes portend more union attacks * White House: don't read too much into Wisconsin outcome * Wis...

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Birther Queen Flops

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 06.06.2012 | Politics
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Orly Taitz, a dentist and lawyer who has built her political profile on promoting conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama's alleged ineligibi...

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Golden State Looks Headed For Electoral Mayhem

Reuters | Posted 08.05.2012 | Politics
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By Mary Slosson SACRAMENTO, June 5 (Reuters) - California voters head to the polls on Tuesday in a primary contest set to launch the b...

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Robin Wilkey

Prop 8 Repeal Gets A Huge Green Light

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 12.20.2011 | San Francisco
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On Friday, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen granted a gay rights group permission to move forward with a petition seeking to reinstate same-s...

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In CA, It Wasn't the Economy, Stupid, It Was Character

Phil Trounstine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Phil Trounstine

By Phil Trounstine and Jerry Roberts www.calbuzz.com In their last pre-election survey, Oct. 10-17, the Public Policy Institute of California found t...

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CA Elections: Gallegos Wins DA Race in Humboldt County

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Lisa Derrick

Paul Gallegos strives to marshal the resources of the DA's office to best serve the county's residents and by extension the state and nation.

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The Rest Is Commentary: Jewish Post-Election Reflection

Elissa D. Barrett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: California Propositions, Progressive Movement, 2010 Elections, Jewish Voters, Progressive Jews, Jews Election 2010, Jewish Progressives, Elections 2010 Results, Progressive Jewish Alliance, California Election, Religion News
Elissa D. Barrett

At the Progressive Jewish Alliance, we reached out to some of our best thinkers to help us make sense of the election results and coverage. We called on rabbis, scholars, writers and activists to share their reflections.

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Ich Bin Ein Angeleno

Edward Headington | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Ich Bin Ein Berliner, California Democratic Party, Jerry Brown, Brad Sherman, Debra Bowen, California, Midterm Election, California Politics, Los Angeles, California Election, Los Angeles News
Edward Headington

There is no lack of enthusiasm with Democrats in Van Nuys, the San Fernando Valley, the whole of Los Angeles and the rest of California.

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WELCOME BACK

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES — Former President Bill Clinton urged Democrats to push past apathy and turn out the vote for Democrats this November, despite econo...

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A "Bad Batch" of Pot Brownies in LA, Online

Abe Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Abe Schwartz

In movies, marijuana is depicted either a hilarious holy grail or a gateway to harder, darker substances.

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Don't Do It, California

Adam McKay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Meg Whitman Campaign Spending, California Prop 19, Meg Whitman, California Election, Carly Fiorina, Carly Fiorina Senate, Meg Whitman Governor, Los Angeles News
Adam McKay

Please California, don't elect Meg Whitman as our Governor. For real. Don't do it. I have children that live here in this state and I don't think we can stand another "tough yet fair" Republican corporatist.

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Mark Blumenthal

Polls Lift Barbara Boxer And Jerry Brown In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Are the Democrats experiencing a rebound on the Pacific Coast? Three new surveys, two in California and one in Washington State, indicate small gains ...

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Spiked

Ami Bera, MD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Pensions, Politics, California Election, California, Dan Lungren, Ami Bera, Politics News
Ami Bera, MD

Over the last year, I've had thousands of conversations with voters across northern California. I've talked with farmers in the rural foothills of Cal...

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No on California Prop 23: Reversing Course on Climate Policy Is the Real Job Killer

Van Jones | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Environment, Jobs, California Election, Clean Energy, Venture Capital, California, Business, California Prop 23, Green News
Van Jones

China is now the most attractive market for investing in renewable energy; today the U.S. is ranked number 2 on the list, but where will we be in ten years if we repeal the most aggressive clean energy policy we have?

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That Hopey, Changey Thing Comes to the California Republican Party

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Meg Whitman, Republican Party, California Election, Midterm Elections, California Republican Party, Carly Fiorina, Carly Fiorina Senate, Meg Whitman Governor, Republican Party Change, Politics News
Mayhill Fowler

The Republican face is changing, as the party moves with new currents, carrying it away from the Age of Reagan, bobbing, lurching, evolving, treading, if not boldly, nevertheless inexorably forward.

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