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 ›
Republicans
East Bay’s GOP Assemblymember Baker voted for cap-and-trade
Assemblymember Catharine Baker 16TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTTo get Governor Jerry Brown‘s cap-and-trade bill passed Monday night, it took help from Republicans to get it done, including the East Bay’s Assemblymember Catharine Baker. Baker, the East Bay’s lone Republican state lawmaker, was one… Read More ›
For Alameda County GOP, the new boss is same as the old boss
Sue Caro was reappointed last week as chair of the Alameda County Republican Party. ALAMEDA COUNTY REPUBLICANSA calming influence is returning to the moribund Alameda County Republican Party with the return of Sue Caro as chair of the local GOP…. Read More ›
Daysog gets Trumped by unknown group; robocall slams him for vet vote
A recent mailer links Alameda Councilmember TonyDaysog to Donald Trump. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL |ELECTION 2016 |A mailer sent by an unknown group this week aims to link Alameda Councilmember Tony Daysog to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while a robocall… Read More ›
AD 16 PREVIEW: The Passive-Aggressive Assembly Race
Assemblymember Catharine Baker and former Pleasanton Councilmember Cheryl Cook-Kallio in the race to represent parts of Contra Costa County and the Tri Valley in the Assembly’s 16th District. MEET THE CANDIDATES Assemblymember CATHARINE BAKER just sort of fell from the… Read More ›
New polling suggests a nailbiter in Honda-Khanna rematch
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |ELECTION 2016 |An independent poll released Monday predicts the contentious rematch between Rep. Mike Honda and Ro Khanna is a tossup with less than a month before Election Day. A SurveyUSA-KPIX poll shows Khanna with 38… Read More ›
Sharp rise in Democratic registration is making Catharine Baker blue
Assemblymember Catharine Baker broke with Republicans and supported SB32 on Tuesday. ASSEMBLY | 16TH DISTRICT |There’s more reason for East Bay Republican Assemblymember Catharine Baker to be worried about her general election matchup with Democrat Cheryl Cook-Kallio. The Democratic Party in… Read More ›
Dueling polls in CA-17 show six-point spreads for each candidate
Rep. Mike Honda, right, with a supporter earlier this year in San Jose. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |The battle of the internal polls is on in the 17th Congressional District. Rep. Mike Honda’s campaign Monday says its own polling shows… Read More ›
Defiant Mike Honda squashes retirement talk: ‘Not on your life’
Rep. Mike Honda’s response to suggestions he should retire: “Not on your life.” CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |Surrogates for Ro Khanna and one newspaper columnist have suggested Rep. Mike Honda should retire following his June 7 primary defeat. His answer in… Read More ›
Catharine Baker wanted to head off a vote on four bills to regulate assault weapons
Assemblymember Catharine Baker voted against an amendment to move four assault weapon bills for a vote in the near future. ASSEMBLY | 16TH DISTRICT |In the wake of the Orlando tragedy and a full-throated protest by House Democrats this week… Read More ›
EBCampaign: Baker’s Trump dilemma; Skinner sets sights on Alameda; Republicans go all-for-one
21 DAYS TO PRIMARY DAY | Republican Assemblymember Catharine Baker has a big problem and its name is Donald J. Trump. In the purple-tinted Contra Costa County and Tri Valley 16th Assembly District, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is a… Read More ›
Rob Bonta’s assembly challenger is a Donald Trump delegate
Republican Roseann Slonsky-Breault was named a Trump delegate and is facing Assemblymember Rob Bonta in the June primary. ASSEMBLY | 18TH DISTRICT |Two years ago, Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta was opposed by a Republican who suggested an United Nations secret… Read More ›
CA17: Cohen receives blowback for supporting Trump
Donald Trump has the support of CA17 candidate Ron Cohen and feeling push back for the decision. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |Republican Ron Cohen is catching heat from all sides after declaring support last month for Donald Trump, the party’s… Read More ›
A’s owner, family maxes out donations to Steve Glazer’s state Senate campaign
A’s majority owner John Fisher has maxed out contributions to Steve Glazer two straight years. STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT |When it comes to progressive Oakland and its beloved baseball team there is some irony when you realize A’s owner… Read More ›
Assembly Speaker pegs 16th District as a top opportunity for Democrats
Assemblymember Catharine Baker and challenger Cheryl Cook-Kallio. ASSEMBLY | 16TH DISTRICT | It took six years for Republicans to snatch the 16th Assembly District from Democrats. Now Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon wants it back in the Democrat’s column after just… Read More ›
EBCAMPAIGN: BONTA REACHES THE INNER CIRCLE ; Swalwell raises alarm over token GOP challenge; QUAN’S HUSBAND DEFENDS HER HONOR
B80 DAYS TO PRIMARY DAY | Assemblymember Rob Bonta’s rise within the state’s Democratic power structure was only slightly tarnished when he was relieved by new Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon two weeks ago of his prime committee chairmanship. Bonta made… Read More ›
CA17: GOP candidate says he’s backing Trump; interested in being his delegate
Silicon Valley GOP congressional candidate Ron Cohen wants to make the South Bay great, again. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Seventeenth Congressional District Republican candidate Ron Cohen says he needs to differentiate himself from his opponents in the seven-person June… Read More ›
LISTEN! East Bay Citizen Podcast with CA17 candidates Peter Kuo, Ron Cohen
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Honda wins Dems endorsement; mysterious anti-Khanna flyer emerges
Rep. Mike Honda won the Democratic Party endorsement Saturday night. CADEM16 | CA17 | Rep. Mike Honda won the endorsement of the California Democratic Party with a clear majority of delegates at its conventioon Saturday night but not without controversy—an… Read More ›
For Glazer, an exercise in mixing bipartisanship and party politics
State Sen. Steve Glazer and Assemblymember Catharine Baker at a town hall Saturday in Orinda. LEGISLATURE | Democratic State Sen. Steve Glazer says there’s a place and time for campaigns and politics, but Saturday morning was reserved for the constituents… Read More ›
For elected officials in the East Bay, it never hurts to attack the NRA
Rep. Barbara Lee took the NRA to task Tuesday for blocking gun control legislation in Congress. CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee applauded President Barack Obama’s executive order to limit gun violence, but not before blasting… Read More ›
Honda fundraising email aligns Khanna with Trump, right wing
Rep. Mike Honda and Ro Khanna CONGRESS | DISTRICT 17 | The congressional race in the South Bay’s Seventeenth District is setting itself up to be a rehash from two years ago of faux political controversies involving Democrats Rep. Mike… Read More ›
Mike Honda, interned during WWII, is outraged over Syrian refugee rhetoric
As a boy, Rep. Mike Honda, was interned during World War II at a camp in Colorado. CONGRESS | DISTRICT 17 | It’s well known that Rep. Mike Honda spent a portion of his youth at a Japanese-American internment camp in Colorado…. Read More ›
5 BEST EAST BAY PRIMARY RACE IN 2016: #5 16TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
ELECTION16 | The rise of Republican Catharine Baker in the Tri Valley’s Sixteenth Assembly District as a competent and potentially very effective legislator appeared to have flummoxed the local Democrats in Contra Costa and Alameda County. With every rock in… Read More ›
Donald Trump wins informal Alameda County GOP presidential poll
The Donald has support among Alameda County Republicans, at least, those who go to the fair. Local GOP is in tune with national polls ALAMEDA COUNTY | Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is clearly touching a nerve among conservatives all over… Read More ›
Swalwell forms Sharing Economy Caucus, then pushes tax-free employer credits for using Uber, Lyft
Reps. Eric Swalwell and Darrell Issa. CONGRESS | DISTRICT 15 | Rep. Eric Swalwell is already known as the young member of the Congress in charge of explaining the Internet to his aging colleagues. He is also not shy about… Read More ›
SD7 Poll: Glazer leads Bonilla by 10 points with election just days away
SD7 candidate Steve Glazer STATE SENTATE | DISTRICT 7 | Steve Glazer’s hopes of winning next Tuesday’s special State Senate Seventh District race were buoyed Friday by an independent poll showing a 10-point advantage over fellow Democrat Susan Bonilla with… Read More ›
Republicans support Susan Bonilla, too?
STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | A new campaign commercial from Seventh State Senate District candidate Susan Bonilla features cameos from reitred Rep. George Miller and Contra Costa District Attorney Mark Peterson. It also hints that Bonilla’s campaign views her… Read More ›
SD7 Special Election Primary Preview: Can Glazer Reach The Top Two?
State Senate District 7 candidates: Orinda Mayor Steve Glazer, former Assembymember Joan Buchanan and Assemblymember Susan Bonilla. MEET THE CANDIDATES As an assemblymember, Susan Bonilla already represents almost half of the voters in the State Senate’s 7th District. The former high school… Read More ›
Campaign Notes: John Fisher, A’s co-owner, maxes out donation to Glazer
STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | John Fisher, the co-owner of the Oakland Athletics, contributed $4,200 to the campaign of Steve Glazer. The donation was posted Monday, along with maxed out contributions from his wife, Laura Fisher, and the matriarch… Read More ›