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Category Archives: Elections
Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Assault Rifles, Mitt Romney, and the Republican Agenda
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is up for reelection this year, facing Republican challenger Elizabeth Emken. Belva Davis, host of KQED's This Week in Northern California, sat down with Feinstein during last week's Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Feinstein … Continue reading
Labor Day Special: The San Francisco Waterfront Strike of 1901
On this Labor Day, I could talk about barbecue or advise you about some of the bigger parades and sales in California. But instead I'm going to take the opportunity to write about the early history of labor in California, … Continue reading
Video: Mitt Romney Compares California to Greece
Hmm. Looks like Mitt Romney might have given up on these here parts. A RealClearPolitics average of recent polls puts Obama up by 17.2 points in California, and while campaigning in Iowa today, the candidate jokingly compared the state to … Continue reading
State Legislative Campaigns Least Competitive in Nation
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by Will Evans, California Watch The candidates with the most money in state races almost always have more than twice as much as their competitors, according to a study released by the National Institute on Money in State Politics. And … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Voters Unhappy with Rail Project, Education Cut Threat; Oakland May Boycott Goldman; Higgs Data Excite Physicists
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Rail project could knock tax vote off track (SF Chronicle) A wide range of California voters are willing to give Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative the support it needs in November, but that could change in a hurry if the … Continue reading
Norman Solomon Concedes Top-Two Spot to GOP's Roberts in House Race
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The June 5 race for second place in California's Congressional District No. 2 is now over. That's according to Norman Solomon, who after three weeks of waiting out the slow vote count now says there just aren't enough untallied ballots … Continue reading
AP: Tobacco Tax Fails in Vote Count
by Hannah Dreier Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ A closely-watched effort to impose a new tax on tobacco to pay for cancer research in the nation's most populous state has failed by six tenths of a percentage point. The … Continue reading
Prop 29 Margin Down to 28,000 Votes Against
Update 2:55 p.m. As of 2:16 p.m., the margin against Proposition 29, the proposed $1.00-per-pack cigarette tax, is now 28,265 votes. That's down from 63,000 the morning after election day. Original post KQED's Joshua Johnson reports this afternoon that Alameda … Continue reading
San Mateo County: Measure T Leading With 3,000 Ballots Left to Count
(Bay City News and KQED) With only about 3,000 San Mateo County ballots left to count, a new tax on car rental businesses in the county is up by 644 votes, according to results from the June 5 election released … Continue reading
Marin's Norman Solomon Not Conceding Top-Two Spot in House Race
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West Marin's Norman Solomon is not conceding yet to Republican Dan Roberts in the race for second place in Congressional District No. 2, which runs from Marin all the way up to Del Norte County on the Oregon border. Because … Continue reading
