Democratic congressional candidate Ro Khanna recruited two last-minute Republican candidates to split the GOP vote and restore his position as the top challenger to Silicon Valley U.S. Rep. Mike Honda,
Nobody should be surprised that Rand Paul got so warm a welcome Wednesday, even in a city whose name is often preceded in conversation by “The People’s Republic of…” After
The California Republican Party (CRP) is finally on the comeback trail. After hitting rock bottom in 2012, the CRP conventions resembled a morgue except with less excitement. Those pointless weekend
Bowing to pressure from within their party, Democrats in the Legislature on Monday abandoned an attempt to repeal California’s voter-approved ban on affirmative action in the state’s higher education system.
A conservative state assemblyman and gun rights enthusiast was the crowd favorite among the party faithful on Sunday as the Republican candidates seeking to challenge Gov. Jerry Brown for the
Even though it was in Burlingame, one might have expected the California Republican Party’s weekend convention to feel a bit like the last days of Pompeii. The Dems hold every
California Republicans Face Internal Rifts At State Convention. Continue reading this article at KPIX 5
When Jim Brulte, chair of the California Republican Party, was asked this weekend whether his embattled party could win a single statewide office in 2014, he refused to predict victory.
The two main GOP candidates for governor, Tim Donnelly and Neel Kashkari, aggressively wooed delegates at their party’s state convention Saturday, despite party leaders’ tactical decision to focus on down-ticket
The two main GOP candidates for governor, Tim Donnelly and Neel Kashkari, aggressively wooed delegates at their party’s state convention Saturday, despite party leaders’ tactical decision to focus on down-ticket
Delegates arriving at this weekend’s California Republican Party convention Friday seemed as determined as mountaineers at the base of K2 — but still searching for a sturdy climbing rope. The
The California Republican Convention begins this weekend in Burlingame with the theme “rebuild, renew, reclaim.” With Democratic Governor Jerry Brown boasting high approval ratings, Republicans face a tough road in
Talking Politics: Who’s Got It Better Than Jerry Brown? Nobody. Continue reading this article at KPIX 5
In anticipation of this weekend’s California Republican convention in Sacramento, we give you “Jeopardy – the GOP Edition.” Our Final Jeopardy answer: “Bobby Jindal, Harmeet Dhillon, Neel Kashkari.” Continue reading
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will be the keynote speaker Mar. 20 at the San Francisco Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner. Haley – the nation’s first Indian American woman
Mounting his third straight bid to unseat Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, John Dennis likes to jest that if he and his fellow San Francisco Republicans were a species,
Venezuelan-American actress Maria Conchita Alonso stepped into a firestorm of controversy – and employment law issues – earlier this month agter endorsing Tea Party darling Assemblyman Tim Donnelly for governor
Brows were raised and eyes rolled back when needle exchange programs were first implemented to stop the spread of disease. Giving away free and clean syringes to heroin users seemed
One in seven Americans receives food stamps and on Friday, those benefits will drop. A small protest outside the federal building in Oakland Thursday highlighted a major crisis looming for
It’s easy to see why Palo Alto physicist Charles Munger Jr. got several standing ovations at this month’s California Republican Party convention. After tossing more than $1.5 million into state
As we heard earlier, even with a possible government shutdown looming tonight over the fate of the health care law, one thing won’t change: Money to implement the law has
For one thing, the attorney from San Francisco is a Sikh, a member of a distinctive ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent. She worried that voters wouldn’t be receptive to
Paul Pelosi, the wealthy husband of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, said he will soon fully pay back wages he promised to employees of the Sacramento minor league football team
News of the young Sikh couple who were thrown out of an AMC Theater in Emeryville, Calif. on June 22 for possessing a kirpan, a religious article of faith, has
We have been constantly hearing – in the months following the Republican Party’s latest national and statewide electoral rejection – the GOP may be on the brink of irrelevance (especially
The thought of being a Republican voter, much less a Republican leader, in blue California may be unappealing to some. The state is completely run by Democrats, Republican voter registration
The California Republican Party must transform itself to appeal to the new demographics of the state, said attorney Harmeet Dhillon, who was elected vice-chair of the state party Mar. 3
There were more GLBT Republican delegates at this past week’s state party convention in Sacramento than ever. San Diego’s Republican delegation was led by Susan Jester (president of the local
Last weekend, the California Republican Party held its convention in Sacramento. As it was nearby and featured a speech by neutered bogeyman Karl Rove, I went to the event and
The first stop was the first of the aforementioned candidates’ parties. Harmeet Dhillon is now almost a household name in these parts. On the face of it, she was an
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