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Sanchez has uphill climb for Senate even after encouraging poll, endorsements
New polling and a surprise endorsement light up the path to victory for Loretta Sanchez’s quest for the U.S. Senate — but both also illustrate the challenges ahead. Sanchez — a Democratic congresswoman from Orange County — is hoping to
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – July 8
Judge rules against Hayward’s exorbitant public records fees Hugh Hewitt endorses Democrat in U.S. Senate race That Democrat is still trailing in the race Dems run from lawmaker under restraining order for domestic violence Political Reform Act to soon get
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – July 7
“Parole reform” ballot measure would reduce penalties for sex crimes Stanford historian burns CA policy making CA pension fund sucking up tax revenue Eight things to know about each Senate candidate May water conservation efforts were “phenomenal” Proposition 57 — the
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Why Stanford rape uproar may buffet Gov. Brown, AG Harris
Proposition 57 — the newly numbered November “parole reform” ballot measure championed by Gov. Jerry Brown — has already proven controversial. The measure was revised and expanded dramatically late in the authorization process. The California Supreme Court gave its blessing to
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Why does Hugh Hefner keep contributing to this Senate candidate?
Sure as the sun rises every morning, every election cycle Playboy legend Hugh Hefner gives to Loretta Sanchez’s congressional races. In fact, Playboy’s editor in chief is one of the Orange County Democrat’s top donors this cycle, having given $10,400
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CA GOP shut out of U.S. Senate race
California Republicans emerged from a bruising primary election day without a candidate in the runoff race to replace outgoing Sen. Barbara Boxer — triggering an unprecedented new political calculus in which GOP voters will be courted by the underdog Democrat. “Democratic Orange
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Poll: Republicans to be shut out of Senate general election
Attorney General Kamala Harris still leads a crowded field in the race to replace Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer in Washington, with Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, a fellow Democrat, in a relatively close second, according to a new Field Poll. The state’s
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Trump candidacy complicates CA Senate race
Donald Trump has complicated the already difficult task California Republicans face in blunting Kamala Harris’s dominant campaign for Senate. With an already unfavorable race to replace Sen. Barbara Boxer ramping up, analysts have cautioned the GOP that Trump’s evident lock on the nomination will likely reverberate throughout the balloting
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – May 11
Prop. 30 extension qualifies for ballot Kamala Harris under fire UC Regents discuss sexual harassment and violence in private Lawmakers carve out ex parte communications Good morning! We’re told it’s California Day of the Teacher, so be sure to
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Judge rebuffs AG Harris on donor disclosures
California Attorney General Kamala Harris lost a high-profile lawsuit over her attempt to obtain donor records from an organization in the orbit of the Koch brothers. Judging First Amendment protections to exceed what Harris had characterized as the confines of
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