Money wins in CA election

JUNE 9, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The entry level of personal worth for winning the GOP nomination for governor now is $1 billion. That’s the net worth of Meg Whitman, who won yesterday’s primary nomination for governor. That’s up from the more

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Poizner concedes

Steven Greenhut: Here are Poizner’s remarks: Thank you all for being here. It’s tough competing for airtime with the Los Angeles Lakers, so I appreciate that all of you are here with us tonight. I am so grateful to have

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Optimism despite drab election

Steven Greenhut: Early results are in and the statewide races aren’t close. It’s hard to imagine a more depressing gubernatorial match-up. Former Gov. Jerry Brown, the man most responsible for making a wreck out of this state, takes on a

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Our most troubling words

Anthony Pignataro: Everyone in the office had a lot of fun with this list of the top 50 words that give readers of NYTimes.com the most trouble. Sui generis? That’s what they use to call pigs on farms, right? How

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Sacramento voters – all dressed up with nowhere to go

Katy Grimes: Sacramento has a reputation for not exactly having much night life. In the past decade however, something resembling night life in the capitol city’s downtown has evolved. Even a couple of bars stay open past 2:00 a.m. (And I’m

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