Assemblymembers Rob Bonta and Bill Quirk won easy re-election Tuesday night. ASSEMBLY | DISTRICT 18/20 | What a difference two years makes. Rob Bonta and Bill Quirk each won election to the State Assembly in 2012 following two of the closest… Read More ›
Jennifer Ong
Nearly 90% Of Bonta, Quirk’s Donors This Year Are Unions, Special Interests
Asms. Rob Bonta and Bill Quirk. ASSEMBLY//CAMPAIGN FINANCE | East Bay Assemblymembers Rob Bonta and Bill Quirk both won election to the Legislature last year. While Bonta quickly moved to the top tier of Democratic legislators in the lower house, Quirk… Read More ›
Hayward Assemblyman’s Musician Son Poses In The Buff For S.F. Bay Guardian
Bill Quirk’s son, Ian, on the left. PHOTO/Matthew Reamer, SFBG ASSEMBLY | Assemblyman Bill Quirk’s dour demeanor has been written to death, but his son definitely does not take after his infamously straight-laced father. In the Feb. 13 San Francisco… Read More ›
Guillen Crashes The Bonta Assembly Dems Caucus Slate
DEMOCRATS | The 12-person Democratic Party convention delegation from the 18th Assembly District was envisioned to be a group solely under the imprimatur of Assemblyman Rob Bonta. In fact, 11 of the 12 men and women selected last Sunday in Alameda… Read More ›
2012 Year In Review, Part IV: Swalwell, Bonta, Quirk Lead Infusion Of New Talent In Congress, Assembly; Hayashi Embarrassed
10.12Mary Hayashi unleashes a barrage of attacks on Richard Valle eliciting no response from the practicing Buddhist. Supporters of Valle and haters of Hayashi go nuts urging him to go on the attack armed with her shoplifting conviction, but he… Read More ›
2012 Year In Review, Part III: ‘What Did U Buy?’ Says Armas. "Crotchless Panties,’ Replies Heredia
07.12The first sign of campaign upheaval almost always contains elements of a shake up in staff. After major blowouts over the past two months, Pete Stark replaces his campaign manager Alex Tourk with Sharon Cornu. The local labor stalwart begins… Read More ›
2012 Year In Review, Part II: A Stark Meltdown Creates An Opening For Swalwell
04.12Eric Swalwell gets much-deserved attention for his poignantly retro reformulation of Pete Stark’s 1972 mini-debate with George P. Miller. Hoping to play off the end of an era theme Stark used 40 years ago, the mock-up cements the potent theme… Read More ›
Swalwell, Minorities, School Children In Hayward Were Big Election Day Winners
Eric Swalwell ERIC SWALWELL What can you say? The kid shocked the entire political establishment in the East Bay. Through hard work and boats load of good luck, namely, his opponent’s astonishing self-destruction, Swalwell is a United States representative. How did… Read More ›
Whisper Campaign Against Ong’s Stances On Propositions Led To Fine-Tuning Message
| ASSEMBLY 20 | Assembly candidate Dr. Jennifer Ong Nov. 3 in Union City. PHOTO/MATT SANTOS msantosphotographer.com [UPDATED, 3:20 p.m.] Part of Dr. Jennifer Ong’s attempt last week to make her support of Proposition 30 clear to voters was a… Read More ›
Ong’s Missing Candidate’s Statement
| ASSEMBLY 20 | When voters peruse their election handbook searching for candidates’ statement from a host of different races, they might notice one major candidate conspicuously missing. Dr. Jennifer Ong says the lack of a candidate’s statement, often viewed as… Read More ›
Ong’s Late Support For Prop. 30 Brings Strong Criticism From Quirk
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20 | Just days before voters head to the polls Tuesday, 20th Assembly District candidate Dr. Jennifer Ong finally announced her endorsement of Proposition 30. Ong’s unwillingness to fully support the governor’s sales tax initiative had been, until… Read More ›
AD20 Preview: A Sturdy Quirk Hopes To Fend Off A Closing Sprinter
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20 PREVIEW The Sport of Kings is a good analogy for the race for the Hayward-dominated 20th Assembly District. Former Hayward Councilman Bill Quirk is a sturdy thoroughbred that favors running a race from the front of the… Read More ›
EBCITIZEN.COM PODCAST: 20th Assembly District Preview
The East Bay Citizen’s Steven Tavares and Shane Bond examine the race in the 20th Assembly District and its increasingly combative tenor. The money is pouring in and the rhetoric is getting hot! Press play!
In Final Week, Assembly Race Gets Chippy As Quirk, Ong Trade Jabs
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20 | In recent weeks the 20th Assembly District 20 race took a turn toward negative when hit pieces against Bill Quick were delivered to mail boxes courtesy of Californians Allied for Patient Protection (CAPP), an independent expenditure committee, who have been adamant… Read More ›
East Bay Assembly Races Ready Spending Spree For Election’s Final Days
ELECTION ‘12//CAMPAIGN FINANCE | The final pre-election finance reports for the East Bay’s Assembly District’s 18 and 20 follow a consistent trend: less money in Oakland and breathtaking spending in Hayward. ASSEMBLY 18 Alameda Vice Mayor Rob Bonta goes into the final… Read More ›
Ong Crosses $500,000 In Total Independent Expenditure Support
Dr. Jennifer Ong ELECTION ‘12//ASSEMBLY | Dr. Jennifer Ong, one of two Democrats facing each other in the 20th Assembly District next month, broke the half-million dollar mark in support from independent expenditures this week. Ong, who is facing former Hayward… Read More ›
East Bay Assembly Contests Show Consistent Campaign Fundraising Numbers
ELECTION’12//CAMPAIGN FINANCE | State Assembly voters in nearly the entire East Bay will go to the ballot box next month without a single Republican to choose from. The existence of two open primary races featuring two Democrats, though, has not… Read More ›
Assembly Candidates Quirk, Ong Tussle Over Proposition 30
ELECTION ‘12//ASSEMBLY 20 | There are difference between Assembly candidate Bill Quirk and Dr. Jennifer Ong, after all, and they rest squarely on Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s sales tax increase on the November ballot. “There are real differences between… Read More ›
Ong Is Trying To Outflank Quirk For Far Left Voters, 20th Assembly Immigrants
ELECTION ‘12//ASSEMBLY 20//ANALYSIS | When it comes to the newfangled open primary system, the appearance of two Democrats on the November ballot has proven to show early and expected signs of fraying upon the party fabric. This is happening in the… Read More ›
Ong Touts Poll Showing Large Lead In AD20; Endorsement From Green, Primary Rival
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20 | A new poll released last week shows optometrist Dr. Jennifer Ong gained a significant lead over former Hayward Councilman Bill Quirk in the 20th Assembly District race. Quirk, however, refutes the data. The poll, compiled by Global Strategy Group, states that after… Read More ›
Quirk’s Staid Approach Is Working; Can Ong Replicate Late Primary Success?
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20 | The race for the second open Assembly seat in the East Bay, the 20th District centered in Hayward, is quite a bit similar to its cousin in the 18th. Both Bill Quirk and Dr. Jennifer Ong… Read More ›
Quirk Touts Internal Poll Showing Distance Between Him and Ong In AD20
Bill Quirk, Jennifer Ong ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20 | Bill Quirk’s campaign for Assembly District 20 released internal polling results revealing a double-digit lead over fellow Democratic competitor, optometrist Jennifer Ong. The poll’s results showed Quirk with 43 percent and Ong with 30 percent. The… Read More ›
Quirk’s Fundraising Lead Shrinks While PACs Seek To Replenish Campaign Coffers
Bill Quirk, Dr. Jennifer Ong ELECTION’ 12//ASSEMBLY 20 | As their campaign coffers dwindle, both candidates in the 20th Assembly District are increasingly turning to statewide political committees to fortify fundraising in this surprisingly costly campaign for Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi’s… Read More ›
For Bonta And Ong, An Energized Filipino Electorate May Be A Game Changer
ASSEMBLY 18 | Often times local political campaigns are run somewhat blindly without much real-time feedback to gauge whether one move is more beneficial than another. You have to keep your ear to the ground and feel your gut. One way… Read More ›
Quirk Hold Off Hard-Charging Ong Setting Up An Interesting Runoff In Assembly 20
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20 ANALYSISJune 6, 2012 | Hayward Councilman Bill Quirk won the California primary Tuesday night for the 20th Assembly District, setting up a match up in the fall with a candidate who managed to energize voters in an… Read More ›
The Race For Second In The 20th Assembly Could Come Down To The Wire
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20June 4, 2012 | Hayward Councilman Bill Quirk should be advised to compose an early victory speech for the 20th Assembly District Tuesday night. His campaign, like Rob Bonta’s in the nearby 18th, has rolled somewhat effortlessly towards… Read More ›
Assembly Candidate Luis Reynoso Is The Reasonable Republican
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20//PROFILE May 31, 2012 | As an 8-year-old boy Luis Reynoso watched in 1968 with conflicting feelings of awe and fear as authorities in Guadalajara beat back and bludgeoned students protesting in the streets. “There’s something wrong here…. Read More ›
An Internecine Fight Among East Bay Conservatives Over GOP Endorsing Outsiders
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20 NOTESMay 31, 2012 | Luis Reynoso, the lone GOP candidate in the race for the 20th Assembly District says the Republican Party should not endorse candidates outside of the party, even in races where none exist, like… Read More ›
Pre-Primary Fundraising Totals Show Local Candidates On Spending Sprees
Abel Guillen has spent $221,000 in AD18 this year, but only $46,000 left. ELECTION ’12//CAMPAIGN FINANCEMay 28, 2012 | With pre-primary campaign fundraising totals finalized last week, the local numbers show a definitive and expected trend. After spending months amassing… Read More ›
Outside Groups Have Spent Over $172,000 Recently To Get Ong In The Top Two
ELECTION ’12//ASSEMBLY 20May 28, 2012 | While independent expenditure committees throw loads of vitriol against Joel Young in the nearby 18th Assembly District, others hoping to shape the race in the 20th District are sending lucrative love letters to Dr. Jennifer Ong… Read More ›