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Rep. Linda Sanchez expecting her first child

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: November 20, 2008

There's a baby boom going on in Congress. California Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez is pregnant with her first child. Sanchez, 39, is due May 21 and plans to marry her boyfriend of a year and a half, consultant Jim Sullivan, her spokeswoman Marsha Catron said Thursday. The two met through... [Full Story]

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Congresswoman Mary Bono marries Congressman Connie Mack IV

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 16, 2007

The new couple had their nuptials yesterday. ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Mary Bono, who was married to late singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono and replaced him in Congress after his death, has married U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. Bono's sister, Katherine Whitaker, told The Associated Press the couple were married Saturday in a private... [Full Story]

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Anti-war boobs disrupt Hillary's Frisco H.Q.

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 24, 2007 · Comments (3)

When Hillary Clinton's supporters gathered at her San Francisco campaign headquarters to watch the Democratic debate, they weren't expecting an ambush protest by antiwar groups Breasts Not Bombs and Code Pink. They didn't even notice the usual suspects congregating in the back of the room or slipping off to the... [Full Story]

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McCain seeks help via voting rules change

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 7, 2007

Senator John McCain's campaign is quietly trying to change the rules for the California Republican Primary to allow independents to vote. Current law requires primary voters to be registered Republicans. Ralph Z. Hallow of the Washington Times reports: Sen. John McCain's campaign is mounting a stealth effort to change Republican... [Full Story]

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Investigation Shows Congressman Paid Taxes

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 8, 2006 · Comments (2)

Sometimes investigative journalism doesn't turn up much... The San Diego Union Tribune ties its best to paint Congressman Duncan Hunter as a tax cheat and inside dealer in the purchase of a modest home in the eastern part of San Diego county, but they really don't come up with much...... [Full Story]

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2006 California Governors Race

Posted by Dr. Ed Torres · Published: August 28, 2006

The Governator has opened up a fairly large lead in California. He leads by double digits. ... [Full Story]

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Romney a hit at California GOP convention

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 20, 2006 · Comments (8)

Mitt Romney spoke to the California Republican Convention yesterday. He was a big hit according to this report from Californians For Romney: Just returned from a remarkable speech by Gov. Romney to the California Republican Party. The crowd of hundreds gave him an extended standing ovation following his 30 minute... [Full Story]

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California 50th CD - Democrats giving up?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 11, 2006

After throwing millions of dollars into Francine Busby's attempt to take Duke Cunningham's House seat on their "culture of corruption" in the special election in June, national Democrats have apparently thrown in the towel. The North County Times reports HERE: Last week, the Washington-based publication The Hill reported the Democratic... [Full Story]

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More CA-50 Analysis

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: June 8, 2006 · Comments (1)

Jay Cost has an analysis piece at Real Clear Politics in which he takes stock of the CA-50 race.... [Full Story]

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Some Things About CA-50 That You Probably Haven't Heard

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: June 7, 2006 · Comments (5)

Bruce Kesler has some really interesting information about the Bilbray - Busby race that I haven't seen anywhere else, including an account of some campaign directing observed in a parking lot by Bruce personally and what he overheard some in her campaign say relating to Busby's choice of apparel and... [Full Story]

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The Media Story On The Bilbray Win

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: June 7, 2006 · Comments (12)

Pat Hynes looks at the way the media played the win: So, as I predicted, Brian Bilbray won the CA-50 special election and the MSM has treated it as no big wup. It would have been quite a different story had liberal Democrat Francine Busby pulled it off, but she... [Full Story]

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California District 50

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: June 7, 2006 · Comments (20)

In 2004, Cuningham defeated Busby 58%-37%. President Bush carried the district by a narrower, 10 point gap. When Cunningham resigned in disgrace, Democrats across the nation touted this as a golden opportunity to take back the House. Well the results are in and Busby lost.... [Full Story]

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Bilbray Leads Busby In Early Results

Posted by Kevin · Published: June 6, 2006

From the San Diego County Board Of Elections results page at 8:30PM (Pacific), the following are the results of the count of absentee ballots... BRIAN BILBRAY - REP 20448 50.60% FRANCINE BUSBY - DEM 17329 42.88% W. GRIFFITH - IND 1846 4.57% PAUL KING - LIB 792 1.96% Precincts: 500,... [Full Story]

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California Primary Blogging

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: June 5, 2006

California Conservative will be "issuing a consolidated 'conservative voter guide' to evaluate the people and polices and to assist your decisions at the ballot box" and they have an open post for "bloggers in California and beyond" to share information about tomorrow's primary through trackbacks. ... [Full Story]

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California District 50 Special Election

Posted by Alexander K. McClure · Published: June 4, 2006 · Comments (3)

A new Survey USA poll shows that Republican Brian Bilbray is leading Democrat Francine Busby 47%-45%. That is better than the tie in the last poll. Perhaps it was Busby's rather stupid comment about illegal immigration. ... [Full Story]

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California's 50th

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: May 31, 2006

Hugh Hewitt looks at next week's special election to fill the seat of Duke Cunningham and how the issue of immigration is playing a role there.... [Full Story]

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