Just a portion of the AD15 field during a forum in Oakland last January. ELECTION 2018Voters in the contentious 15th Assembly District will have to choose from a list of 11 Democrats and a lone Republican this June. The wide-open… Read More ›
re-election
Sandre Swanson, although courted by supporters, says he won’t run for Alameda mayor
Sandre Swanson during an endorsement meeting last year for the 9th state Senate. ALAMEDAAn unsuccessful run for the state Senate last year proved Sandre Swanson is not done with public service. Swanson confirmed Friday that he had strong interest for… Read More ›
Khanna floats Lee for U.S. Senate: A look at the political earthquake that would hit the East Bay
CONGRESSBefore Rep. Ro Khanna dropped fellow Alameda County Rep. Barbara Lee‘s name today as a possible progressive challenge to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who announced Monday that she is running for re-election next year, the idea of such a run was… Read More ›
Tony Daysog is running for the Alameda City Council next year
Tony Daysog served on the Alameda City Council from 1996-2006 and 2012-2016. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILTony Daysog has won some and lost some during his time in Alameda politics. He’s run for mayor and even Congress two years ago in a… Read More ›
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf will seek second term
Four more years? Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. OAKLANDAfter two high-profile scandals involving public safety, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Monday that she is running for a second term. And it appears she plans on running a campaign not on her… Read More ›
Luis Reynoso again disparages Hayward City Council for inaction
HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL |Elections have consequences. But curiously, in Hayward, those reeling from an Election Night loss last week weren’t even on the ballot. On Tuesday night, the Hayward City Council faced the music for its mixed attempt at remaking… Read More ›
Hayward still has Luis Reynoso to kick around; Annette Walker also returns to embattled school board
Hayward school board trustees Annette Walker and Luis Reynoso win re-election Tuesday night. HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD |ELECTION 2016 |After an expensive campaign seeking to unseat a majority of the Hayward school board failed, much of the status quo will remain…. Read More ›
AD16: Catharine Baker wins re-election over Cheryl Cook-Kallio
An expected close race turned into a nearly 12 point win over Cheryl Cook-Kallio. ASSEMBLY | 16TH DISTRICT |ELECTION 2016 |In successive elections, East Bay Republican Assemblymember Catharine Baker has now beaten back some of the most powerful liberal institutions… Read More ›
Oakland council, school board incumbents win easily; Kaplan dominates
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan rolled to victory Tuesday night. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL |ELECTION 2016 |Although, there were late murmurs asserting a few Oakland City Council incumbents might face difficulty on Election Night, all five were swept to re-election Tuesday night,… Read More ›
Vella, Ashcraft win Alameda council seats; Daysog loses re-election
Malia Vella, a labor attorney and college instructor, was the first-place vote-getter in Alameda’s City Council race Tuesday night. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |2016 ELECTION | Going into Election Day, labor and Democratic Party officials believed Alameda City Council candidate Malia… Read More ›
McElhaney’s purge and the dud of an election season coming to Oakland
Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney is avoids a potentially bruising re-election after just a single challenger qualified for November. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | ELECTION 2016 |And then there was one. Oakland City Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney appeared to most observers to… Read More ›
Oakland’s Larry Reid files for re-election to city council, as daughter awaits turn
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | DISTRICT 7 | It’s seemingly a rite of summer in Oakland. Will long-time Oakland Councilmember Larry Reid run for re-election or not? Well, call off the retirement party. On Friday, Reid pulled papers for re-election to… Read More ›
Mike Honda’s re-election campaign named one of Congress’s most vulnerable
Rep. Mike Honda is the only member on Roll Call’s list with more than two terms under his belt CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Rep. Mike Honda is on the capitol’s endangered species list. Roll Call named Honda’s 2016 re-election… Read More ›
Oakland’s Noel Gallo was thinking about quitting his council seat next year
After initial reservations, Oakland Councilmember Noel Gallo says he’s now in it to win it in 2016. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | 2016 | One of the oddest pieces of political chatter over the past few months in Oakland went like… Read More ›
Mark Salinas plots return to Hayward City Council next year
Mark Salinas during a Hayward City Council meeting in 2014. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | Former Hayward Councilmember Mark Salinas may have made the biggest gamble of the 2014 election cycle when instead of running for likely re-election to his council… Read More ›
Honda likely violated House ethics rules, says report; investigation to continue
Eight-term Rep. Mike Honda CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | The Office of Congressional Ethics concluded Thursday that Rep. Mike Honda’s previous campaigns likely violated House ethics rules. The House Ethics Committee, meanwhile, will continue its investigation into the matter, according to… Read More ›
Souza Says She’ll Take Credit for Cassidy Not Running for Mayor
San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy, Councilmember Diana Souza. SAN LEANDRO | MAYOR | Even before San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy took office in 2010 he had alienated the city’s police officers, city employees, progressives, and members of the Alameda County… Read More ›
Ana Apodaca, Two-Term Newark Councilmember, Will Not Seek Re-Election
Newark Councilmember Ana Apodaca will not seek re-election. NEWARK CITY COUNCIL | Ana Apodaca, a two-term Newark council member who unsuccessfully sought appointment two years ago to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, will not seek re-election to her seat this… Read More ›
Save San Leandro Hospital Vet Appointed to Eden Township Board
Roxann Lewis is the newest member of the Eden Township Healthcare District Board of Directors. EDEN TOWNSHIP | One of the people who helped San Leandro Hospital escape closure last year is now a member of the Eden Township Healthcare… Read More ›
Blackwell’s Departure may be a Tipping Point for Quan’s Re-Election Chances
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan at a Save Oakland Sports event last January. PHOTO/Steven Tavares OAKLAND | ANALYSIS | Last year, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan suffered through an somewhat embarrassing few days when, in a matter of roughly 48 hours, the city… Read More ›
Khanna’s Brandishes His Not-So-Secret Weapon—that All-Star Campaign Team
Khanna in a feature last June in Time. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | In recent months, 17th Congressional District candidate Ro Khanna has kept his campaign team’s tie to President Barack Obama’s re-election bids somewhat quiet. Rarely has he touted… 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 ›
The Amazing Shrinking Mayor Emerges Just In Time For Re-Election
ILLUSTRATION-RIGHT PHOTO/Steven Tavares LEFT PHOTO/Shane Bond SAN LEANDRO | Now you see him, now you don’t. San Leandro’s rotund Mayor Stephen Cassidy is looking noticeably svelte in just the past few weeks. Is the puffy, pink-faced mayor on a crash… Read More ›
