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Back to homepageJohn Kasich’s presidential primary challenges
On paper, John Kasich is the presidential candidate Republicans have been waiting on for years. The Ohio governor represents an important swing state. As a member of Congress, he chaired the House Budget Committee, where he was considered the architect
Read More@realdonaldtrump hits the Bay Area
Any questions about which Donald Trump would show up to the California Republican Party Convention in Burlingame on Friday were dispelled immediately. Would it be the same insult-slinging, filterless personality Americans have grown accustomed to seeing on T.V., who protesters waited for
Read MoreCalWatchdog Morning Read – April 29
CA Republican Party convention kicks off Donald Trump holds contentious rally in Costa Mesa President Obama disappoints Armenian-Americans TGIF! Today is the first day of the California Republican convention. While political conventions are usually a snoozefest — unless you like
Read MoreTrump surges in key CA primary
Fulfilling analysts’ growing expectations and leaving some Golden Staters in disbelief, California has emerged as perhaps the most decisive contest in the contest for the Republican nomination. The June 7 primary looms at a moment when Donald Trump, battered and flustered
Read MoreCalWatchdog Morning Read – April 13, 2016
*|MC:SUBJECT|* – CalWatchdog.com View this email in your browser Breaking News CalWatchdog Morning Read – April 13, 2016 By CalWatchdog Staff Happy Wednesday the 13th! Since 2013, California counties have spent $21.7 million on special elections largely to replace state lawmakers who
Read MoreWhat effect with Trump have on CA GOP?
With Republican party leaders casting about for a way to stop Donald Trump, California has emerged as a possible firewall. Although a new poll of likely Republican primary voters, issued by the Public Policy Institute of California, showed Trump besting
Read MoreTrump establishes commanding lead in recent Golden State poll
With California’s delegate-rich primary election looming for Republicans as a possible last chance to stop Donald Trump from rolling to the nomination, Trump has established a commanding lead in the polls and a beachhead of support among the party’s California
Read MoreCalifornia readies for contested presidential primary
As the GOP field consolidates in a bitterly contested election season, California Republicans brace for an uncertain but likely bruising state primary. Though small, California’s mainstream conservative establishment has a degree of power that appears to be unusual this election cycle, coalescing
Read MoreEffort underway to require legislators wear emblems of top donors
The movement to emblazon state legislators with the logos of their donors has collected tens of thousands of signatures for its would-be ballot initiative. “The measure, formally called the ‘Name All Sponsors California Accountability Reform (or NASCAR. Get it?) Initiative,’ would
Read MoreCarly Fiorina suspends presidential campaign
After a momentary surge wherein she cast herself as a corporate leader who could wrest America back from the “political class,” former California Senate candidate and HP CEO Carly Fiorina ended her bid for the White House. The news
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