This mailer arrived in some Alameda County mailboxes late last week. ALAMEDA COUNTY DA–ELECTION 2018–A large-size mailer sent late last week by Alameda County District Attorney candidate Pamela Price calls her opponent, incumbent Nancy O’Malley, corrupt. “Corrupt Nancy O’Malley bad… Read More ›
AD15 candidate Buffy Wicks raised $209,000 during the first half of the 2017. ELECTION 2018–15TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT–Buffy Wicks is again making her opponents in the 15th Assembly District green with envy. After bursting onto the scene last summer with an… Read More ›
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn’t likely to be a friend of Tony Thurmond next year. STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS When it came to funding ballot initiatives for taxing sugary drinks in Oakland and San Francisco last fall,… Read More ›
Ro Khanna, left, leads Rep. Mike Honda in cash on hand for the stretch run of the campaign. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |ELECTION 2016 | Democratic congressional candidate Ro Khanna had one lament from his 2014 loss to fellow Democrat… Read More ›
Ro Khanna says his campaign refunded the entire donation detailed in the Daily Kos story trolled earlier by his campaign manager. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |ELECTION 2016 |The founder of the progressive online community Daily Kos says Ro Khanna’s campaign… Read More ›
Ro Khanna has received a total of $7,800 in contributions from Peter Thiel, right, who is speaking Thursday on behalf of Donald Trump. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and funding behind the legal case… Read More ›
Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley riding a mechanical bull at a fundraiser April 9 hosted by Castro Valley resident Chuck Moore. Miley was required to ride the bull every time $500 was raised. ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | Alameda County Supervisor Nate… Read More ›
MONEYBALL | Tens of millions worth of campaign contributions will be received this election cycle by East Bay candidates running for the State Senate and State Assembly. The numbers are daunting as a whole, but telling when tracked and viewed… Read More ›
Katherine Welch in Oakland last January. STATE SENATE | 9TH DISTRICT | Some voters in the Ninth State Senate District, one of the most progressive areas in the entire state, might be skeptical about candidate Katherine Welch following a new… Read More ›
Sandre Swanson, Wilma Chan and Nancy Skinner STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 9 | Sandre Swanson could have a big money problem in next year’s likely hard-fought June primary next year in the Ninth State Senate District. The early endorsement of… Read More ›
Former Democratic Assemblymemebers Sandre Swanson, Wilma Chan and Nancy Skinner are all vying for SD9 next year. STATE SENATE | CAMPAIGN FINANCE | Nancy Skinner is sitting on a pile of cash. Just a year away from a titanic Democratic… Read More ›
Assemblymember Catharine Baker ASSEMBLY | CAMPAIGN FINANCE | Republican Assemblymember Catharine Baker raised more than $427,000 during the first half on this year. Baker, who is the lone local Republican member of the Legislature, nearly outpaced the rest of the… Read More ›
Tech CEO Guy Gecht with Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison. Gecht was ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay $40,000 in back wages to eight worker the company paid as little as $1.21 an hour. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT… Read More ›
CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Just after he was sworn into office in January 2013, East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell hired the daughter of a wealthy donor after she also contributed to his winning 2012 election campaign, records show. In… Read More ›
