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State Senate Republicans keep Fuller as leader
Senate Republicans in Sacramento unanimously re-elected Jean Fuller as leader on Tuesday. The Bakersfield Republican has led the caucus since August 2015. “I am honored and humbled that my Republican colleagues have elected me to continue serving as Senate Republican Leader,”
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Republicans raise concern of voter fraud in Orange County, statewide election
Top Republicans have questioned the integrity of the California’s election results in recent days, forcing the state’s top election official to dismiss the allegations. Leaders in the state party are concerned about local elections, particularly in one important Orange County
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Los Angeles congressman named next attorney general, musical chairs ensues
Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday tapped Democratic Congressman Xavier Becerra to be California’s next attorney general. Becerra, who would need to be confirmed by the Legislature, would fill the impending vacancy left by Kamala Harris, who was elected to the U.S. Senate
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Voters send Darrell Issa back to Congress
Darrell Issa is projected to win a ninth term in Congress, according to the Associated Press, despite an unexpectedly strong challenge in an unpredictable election cycle. The Vista Republican, who had been a constant thorn in the side of the
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Voters narrowly approve measure to expedite death penalty executions
A measure to speed up executions in California was projected to pass Tuesday night, according to the Associated Press. Proposition 66, which aims to cap death-sentence appeals at five years, stands at 51.1 percent of the vote. While such a slim
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Democrats close to supermajority in Legislature, Newman takes lead
Democrat Josh Newman now has a lead of nearly 1,400 votes in the Southern California state Senate seat upon which rests Democrats’ chance of a supermajority in the Legislature. Newman, a political neophyte, had been running behind Republican Assemblywoman Ling
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SoCal Senate race narrows, Democrats edge closer to supermajority
Republicans’ chances of fending off a Democratic supermajority in the Legislature dwindle by the day. The linchpin is one Southern California Senate district, where Republican Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang has a narrow lead over Democrat Josh Newman in the race to
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LAO: State’s reserves could weather mild recession, face “considerable uncertainty”
Although it faces “considerable uncertainty,” the state’s budget could survive a mild recession for four years without a tax hike or sharp cuts, according to a new report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The LAO warned that the stock market fluctuations and other
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Democratic supermajority rests on one Senate seat
The only thing standing in the way of a Democratic supermajority in the Legislature is one Southern California Senate seat. Democrats are halfway there as the last barrier between them and a two-thirds majority in the Assembly officially crumbled on Tuesday,
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Poll: Republican gubernatorial candidates would perform well behind Democrat Newsom
Good news for California Republicans: In a field of nine candidates for the 2018 gubernatorial race, they have two of the top three names, according to a poll released Tuesday. San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and Ashley Swearengin, the termed-out
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