California GOP Accepts Trump, Headwinds and All

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Harmeet K. Dhillon founded Dhillon Law Group in 2006. After many years serving as our Managing Partner, she departed the firm in 2025 to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice.

SACRAMENTO — As he sat on the edge of the ballroom stage at the Sacramento Hyatt Hotel Saturday afternoon, California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte seemed to have not a care in the world.

“I’m actually excited about our prospects,” Brulte said. “We’ve spent a lot of money trying to figure out if there is a path forward. We believe there is. We believe we can elect a Republican governor in 2018.”

Brulte, a wily former state senator from Rancho Cucamonga, has brought an aura of stability and purpose to the state GOP since becoming chairman in 2013. He was overwhelmingly re-elected chair at this weekend’s convention.

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Harmeet Dhillon

Harmeet K. Dhillon founded Dhillon Law Group in 2006. After many years serving as our Managing Partner, she departed the firm in 2025 to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice.