AD16 Assemblymember Catharine Baker will face Dem Rebecca Bauer-Kahan are the only candidates in the June 5 primary. 16TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT–ELECTION 2018–In some parts of the state where Democrats are hoping to upend Republican seat holders, aspiring candidates are running… Read More ›
STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Voters in the 7th State Senate District, at least the few who participated in Tuesday’s special election, gave centrist Democrat Steve Glazer a seven-point win over Assemblymember Susan Bonilla. Since no candidate attained a… Read More ›
STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | There are four mostly moderate Democrats running in a state senate district race with an electorate typically a tad left of center. That’s just too much for the Alameda County Republican Party. On Friday,… Read More ›
Joan Buchanan’s state senate was endorsed by the California Teachers Association. STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters has been to many political rodeos in California. In a column Monday, Walters laid out a very cynical, but truthful… Read More ›
14th District Assemblymember Susan Bonilla and former 16th District Assemblymember Joan Buchanan at a forum in January. STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Last fall, voters in Contra Costa and Alameda counties endured one of the most aggressive, expensive, and odd… Read More ›
Steve Glazer, Joan Buchanan and Susan Bonilla. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | Less than two weeks from Election Day in the East Bay’s special State Senate 7th District race, nearly $1 million has been raised and nearly $700,000 has been… Read More ›
STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | Steve Glazer urged his supporters Sunday night to “Follow the $” after learning a political action committee typically backed by labor is spending thousands to back the lone Republican in the State Senate 7th… Read More ›
Just weeks after joining the SD7 special election, Steve Glazer is already grabbing the headlines. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | Steve Glazer, a former consultant to Gov. Jerry Brown, failed to advance past the June primary last summer in… Read More ›
Steve Glazer is ready to launch his second campaign in the last year. STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Just under the Friday deadline, Steve Glazer has filed to run for the special election in the State Senate 7th District…. Read More ›
Assemblymember Susan Bonilla, seated in purple, listens as her opponent for the open State Senate 7th District seat, Joan Buchanan, asks the Tri Valley Democratic Club in Dublin for their endorsement. PHOTOS/Steven Tavares STATE SENTATE | DISTRICT 7 | After… Read More ›
Special election candidates: Joan Buchanan, Mark Meuser and Susan Bonilla. STATE SENATE DISTRICT 7 | When Mark DeSaulnier was elected to replace long-time Congressman George Miller last year, it created an opening for his State Senate 7th District seat. Gov…. Read More ›
ELECTION 2014 | ASSEMBLY | 16TH DISTRICT |It wasn’t too long ago that Contra Costa County’s wealthy 16th Assembly District was a pinkish shade of red. Termed out Assemblymember Joan Buchanan is credited for turning the Lamorinda district blue, but… Read More ›
Rep. George Miller to retire this year. CONGRESS | The Bay Area’s graying congressional caucus will get yet another shot of new energy with the retirement of Rep. George Miller following four decades in Washington. The announcement Monday morning was… Read More ›
Critics say the banking lobby killed SB 1275 in the assembly LENO’S BILL WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR EASE OF LOAN MODIFICATIONSMost observers in favor of Sen. Mark Leno’s foreclosure bill called it “modest.” The piece of legislation that would have… Read More ›
AROUND THE EAST BAY BLOGOSPHEREWhen it comes to next week’s likely verdict in the Johannes Mehersle trial invariably the knee-jerk local reaction will be devoid of contemplation. Images of protesters will be splashed on television screens focusing squarely on unknown out-of-town anarchists… Read More ›
