ELECTION 2014 | CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Some East Bay Democrats have been wondering for some time exactly when State Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett would show a more offensive stance in her bid to unseat Rep. Eric Swalwell…. Read More ›
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Swalwell Accepted Pay from Government Shutdown After Pledging Not to Take It
CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | The great government shutdown of 2013 lasted 16 days. While the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party obstructed the budget process in a bid to scuttle Obamacare, federal employees went without a paycheck last… Read More ›
Swalwell Falls Short of Winning Alameda County Dems Endorsement
ELECTION 2014 | CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Rep. Eric Swalwell may very well win the endorsement of the statewide party, but Alameda County Democrats made it a bit more difficult Saturday afternoon at a pre-endorsement meeting in advance of… Read More ›
Progressive Who Questioned Swalwell’s Ideology, Now Endorses his Re-Eleciton
Rep. Keith Ellison ELECTION 2014 | CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Hoping to burnish his progressive credentials in advance of the June primary, Rep. Eric Swalwell received the endorsement of Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, one of the most progressive members… Read More ›
Time for Swalwell to Start Owning Up to his Record of Legislative Mulligans
CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | ANALYSIS | Rep. Eric Swalwell is for extending unemployment insurance, which is nice. But, why didn’t he righteously stand for over 1.3 million out-of-work Americans the first time around when he voted for a short-term… Read More ›
Swalwell Places Bet on 49ers in Elaborate Video with N.C. Congressman
Rep. Eric Swalwell: 49ers fan. CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | The 113th Congress is the least productive in American history. Instead of passing meaningful legislation, what exactly are they doing in Washington? Apparently, they are placing football bets with each… Read More ›
2014 Preview: Top 5 Best East Bay Political Races
2014 YEAR-IN-PREVIEW | The 2014 midterm elections will be huge in the East Bay. From Congress to the State Legislature to various big city mayoral elections, the campaigns are already gearing up for a strategy-filled election season. Here are the… Read More ›
Eric Swalwell Recast As Santa Days After Voting Against Unemployment Benefits
CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Since the first time most of heard of Eric Swalwell, a Dublin council member in his early 30s without a scent of achievement in government, he has received exorbitant amounts of positive press from the… Read More ›
On Ryan/Murray Budget: Lee Blasts; Swalwell Backs
Rep. Barbara Lee votes no. CONGRESS | BUDGET | Rep. Barbara Lee had tough words for the bipartisan budget bill passed Thursday by the House, which leaves over 1.3 million Americans without unemployment checks early next year, while fellow Alameda County… Read More ›
Stark Unplugged: "Hopefully Eric Will Lose’ And Ro "Has To Wait And Run’
Pete Stark, Rep. Eric Swalwell CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Pete Stark’s four decades in Congress did not have a happy ending and the bitter defeat to Democrat Eric Swalwell apparently still burns. Stark told Roll Call, a publication focused… Read More ›
Bill Lockyer Endorses Swalwell’s Bid For Re-Election Next Year
Bill Lockyer at the Calif. Democratic State Convention last April. PHOTO/Shane Bond CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Bill Lockyer’s imprimatur is not what it once was, but the state treasurer still has loads of money and liberal contacts in the 15th Congressional… Read More ›
The Bids For The 15th Congressional District’s Unfortunate Soldiers
CONGRESS//15TH DISTRICT | Veterans have had enough of the battlefield, but the race for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s seat in Congress is increasingly leaning toward becoming another type of battleground, one in which each candidate vies for who can do more for… Read More ›
Swalwell’s Re-Election Bid To Conjure The Ghost Of Pete Stark
PHOTO/Shane Bond ILLUSTRATION/Steven Tavares CONGRESS//15TH DISTRICT | In 2012, Eric Swalwell had everything go right for him. A lengthy list of East Bay Democrats put off challenging 40-year incumbent Pete Stark last year, state redistricting soften up the then 13th… Read More ›
Swalwell Boasts Campaign Contributions Four Times Larger Than Corbett
State Sen. Ellen Corbett, Rep. Eric Swalwell CONGRESS//15TH DISTRICT//CAMPAIGN FINANCE | Less than nine months until the June 2014 primary, freshman Rep. Eric Swalwell possesses a campaign war chest four times larger than fellow Democrat State Sen. Ellen Corbett, his likely… Read More ›
Swalwell’s Bipartisan Rhetoric Catches Up To Him With Government Shut Down
Rep. Eric Swalwell urging Republicans on the House floor in September to give up their “ideological wet dream” of railroading Obamacare. CONGRESS//15TH DISTRICT/ANALYSIS | House Representatives have a knack for placing themselves outside of the morass of Washington while maintaining membership… Read More ›
A Campaign Promise Broken
CONGRESS//15TH DISTRICT/ANALYSIS | What happened last week to Rep. Eric Swalwell is better explained through cinema. Taken from the viewpoint of Swalwell’s large moderate, more well-to-do base in the Tri Valley, Swalwell’s unfortunate utterance of the word and imagery of… Read More ›
Report: Reps Honda, Swalwell Part Of $1.7m In Special Interest-Paid Trips Abroad This Summer
CONGRESS | Some members of Congress spent the summer break hobnobbing with constituents. Others did that while also travelling abroad to places such as Africa, the Middle East, South America and Israel. Roll Call reported over $1.7 million in special interest money… Read More ›
Swalwell, Following Obama, Reformulates His Stance On Syria
CONGRESS//15th DISTRICT | In all fairness to Rep. Eric Swalwell he did once tell President Barack Obama, while attending a Bay Area fundraiser, that he had his back. After voicing support for military intervention in Syria a week ago, Swalwell either heard the… Read More ›
Swalwell’s Finger To The Wind Relationship With Privacy Rights
ILLUSTRATION/Steven Tavares PHOTO/Shane Bond CONGRESS//15th DISTRICT/PRIVACY | Last April, during the first few months of Rep. Eric Swalwell’s first term in Congress, he voted for a bill allowing tech and manufacturing companies to fork over your Internet traffic information. The stated… Read More ›
Swalwell Considering Support For Use Of Military Force Against Syria
CONGRESS//15th DISTRICT | In the first major vote of his young congressional career, Rep. Eric Swalwell says he will consider approving the President’s plan to use military force in Syria, but not without further details he hopes will keep U.S. ground… Read More ›
Swalwell The Schmuck
CONGRESS 15 | If anybody has an idea what Rep. Eric Swalwell is trying to accomplish with his peculiarly hysterical postcards from Israel, you’re a mensch. Swalwell always claims he’s in firm control of his social media accounts, so we… Read More ›
Swalwell Goes To Israel
Rep. Eric Swalwell CONGRESS 15 | Rep. Eric Swalwell already has his hands full closing the inherent East-West divide in the 15th Congressional District, but he thinks he can help the generations-long dispute between Israel and Palestine. The freshman congressman… Read More ›
Bechtel, Wellpoint, Calpine, Pro-Israeli PACs Fill Swalwell’s Campaign Coffers
CONGRESS 15 | Rep. Eric Swalwell’s coffers continue to swell with more Political Action Committees and special interest donors with big pockets contributing to his first swing at re-election next year. Thus far he attracted $237,000 in the second financial quarter of… Read More ›
Swalwell Can’t Help Kicking An Old Dog When He’s Down
Still in the crosshairs: Pete Stark CONGRESS 15 | The National Journal’s Shane Goldmacher is either the most thorough political journalist in American history or he has nothing better to do than investigate campaign finance reports of bygone representatives no… Read More ›
Swalwell: An A’s Fan Who Likes Will Clark? A Democrat Who Wants To Cut Social Security?
Giants great Will Clark gave Rep. Eric Swalwell a thrill, according to a tweet Tuesday. CONGRESS 15 | Mr. Everything To Everybody is back at it. Rep. Eric Swalwell continues to understand moderate Democrat to mean a catch-all for the… Read More ›
Khanna Raises $1 Million Since April And It’s Not Even His Personal Best
Ro Khanna CONGRESS 17 | The top-flight Democratic endorsements Rep. Mike Honda has collected over the month may ultimately be ethereal, but in politics, as in life, money talks. Ro Khanna, also a Democrat and a former Obama Commerce Department… Read More ›
The Battles For Hayward
SUNDAY COLUMN | On Saturday, Rep. Eric Swalwell opened an office in downtown Hayward. The bit of real estate is important to note. His battle for re-election next year runs right through the Heart of the Bay. But state Sen…. Read More ›
Swalwell’s Video Stunt Could Violate House Rules
CONGRESS 15 | The six-second Vine video sent out on Twitter Wednesday by Rep. Eric Swalwell may be in violation of House rules for decorum, reports ABC News. Swalwell sent video of himself voting against a Republican-backed bill some labelled… Read More ›
After Major National Security Speech, Lee Still Has Concerns Over Use Of Drones
CONGRESS 13//DRONES | While some opponents of the Obama Administration’s use of military drones were placated by the president’s major national security speech Thursday, East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee, however, still has concerns. Preceding the president’s speech Thursday morning, Lee… Read More ›
Eric Swalwell Wants You To Know He Works Really, Really Hard
ILLUSTRATION/Steven Tavares PHOTO/Joseph Geha CONGRESS 15 | There’s hard work and there’s hardly working, then there’s tooting your own horn about the former. Rep. Eric Swalwell built his campaign last year on the slogan of new energy. Now that he’s… Read More ›
