aggregated from: Political Blotter

For those with inquiring minds, here is the list of candidates for Contra Costa County-based races in the June 8 primary election. (The county clerk s office has not completely finalized it but it is very close.)In the countywide races, any candidate...

topics: candidate, contra-costa, district-4, election, primary

aggregated from: Political Blotter

Those internal memos leaked by campaigns, ostensibly to give a glimpse of strategic discussions among top operatives, are beginning to take on the look of glorified press releases. Take the one that Meg Whitman s campaign sent to Jon Fleischman o...

topics: attorney-general, campaign, candidate, conservative, democrats

aggregated from: Political Blotter

GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner appeared last night at the Commonwealth Club in Lafayette. Read my story here.If you want to watch Poizner for yourself, I captured the hour-long event with FlipVideo, moderated by my colleague, Oakland Tribu...

topics: candidate, oakland, politics

aggregated from: SF FYI Net

March 20, 2010 - SaturdayFirst day of spring*Labor's Stake in ending the warsWhen: March 20, 3010 - Saturday10 a.m. to noonWhere: Plumbers Hall, 1621 Market Street (near Franklin Street) San FranciscoWhat: Why are we in Afghanistan? US. involvement i...

topics: aaron-peskin, attorney-general, bayview, campaign, candidate

aggregated from: Political Blotter

Former Facebook executive Chris Kelly of Palo Alto today announced he's putting another $2 million of his own money into his campaign for the Democratic nomination for state Attorney General, doubling the initial investment he'd made in January. I'...

topics: attorney-general, campaign, candidate, election, nomination

aggregated from: Political Blotter

Saint Mary s College in Moraga is trumpeting the news that President Barack Obama picked its basketball team as the winner in today s game with Richmond: http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/news-and-events/item.html?ID=4320I confess, I know nothing about March...

topics: campaign, candidate, obama, richmond

aggregated from: Beyond Chron

After weeks of politically clueless musings about post-Newsom San Francisco, the media seems to have finally figured out the obvious: a special election makes no economic sense, and the new Board of Supervisors is almost certain to be more progressiv...

topics: board-of-supervisors, candidate, downtown, elected, election

aggregated from: Peninsula Press Club

A candidate for district attorney in Santa Clara County has agreed to seek a court order to amend his ballot statement at the request of the Mercury News. Jeff Rosen, a deputy district attorney, included in his statement the following: 'Jeff Rosen is...

topics: candidate, san-jose, santa-clara

aggregated from: CBS Eye on Blogs

The Snitch: In San Francisco, Even the Drug-Users Have a Union When asked if the union would push for users of illegal drugs to beable to continue doing so with impunity or for those struggling withaddiction issues to be treated medically and not cri...

topics: alameda, candidate, democrats, housing, primary

aggregated from: SFist

AP Photo/Eric Risberg Speaking of fundraising, is San Francisco Mayor and Lt. Governor candidate Gavin Newsom violating the Political Reform Act by accepting contributions from donors who gave the maximum allowable amount during his gubernatoria...

topics: campaign, candidate, committee, election, gavin-newsom