Assemblymember Rob Bonta ASSEMBLY | In the East Bay, the era of very few competitive Assembly races is upon us. Four of the six races Tuesday feature Democratic incumbents with a likely stranglehold on their respective seats through at least… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | A bill introduced last week by Southern California Assemblymember Cristina Garcia to remove sales tax on tampons was, at first, met with skepticism from Steve Glazer, an East Bay state senator whose politics in… Read More ›
APRIL>>>With the years-long drought worsening, several East Bay municipalities begin drawing up water conservation plans. Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday jokingly proposes a “skip-a-shower day.” State Sen. Bob Wieckowski tends to one of the plants to be used in the $6 million Oro Loma… Read More ›
JANUARY Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf speaks at her Jan. 5 inauguration ceremony. PHOTO/EBAR >>>The new legislative year begins with rounds of swearing-in ceremonies and appointments. Libby Schaaf, fresh off her dominating mayoral win last November in Oakland, is sworn-in. Gov…. Read More ›
Democrat Cheryl Cook-Kallio filed Nov. 17 fornext year’s Sixteenth Assembly District primary. ASSEMBLY | DISTRICT 16 | If outgoing Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins was a college football coach her recruiting trip to the Sixteenth Assembly District could be graded as… Read More ›
Steve Glazer defeated Susan Bonilla in the hard-fought SD7 race last May by 10 points. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | Nearly five months after Susan Bonilla fell short in a grueling and often acrimonious intraparty special election against Steve… Read More ›
Not all bills are equal, but some of State Sen. Loni Hancock’s have more primacy than others among her East Bay legislative colleagues. LEGISLATURE | Five members of the East Bay legislative caucus celebrated the signing by Gov. Jerry Brown… Read More ›
Steve Glazer addressing the State Senate following his swearing-in Thursday morning in Sacramento. PHOTO/CalChannel STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Steve Glazer’s new colleagues in the State Senate–especially those backed by labor–did not turn their backs or throw tomatoes as… Read More ›
Polling showed the Seventh District were more than just not into labor unions. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | Legions of clipboard-toting labor Democrats say they blanketed the State Senate Seventh District battleground just days before before Tuesday election. Five… Read More ›
State Sen-elect Steve Glazer STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | In a race that featured millions of dollars from outside interests, Orinda Mayor Steve Glazer has won the State Senate Seventh District special election Tuesday night. With nearly all the… Read More ›
STATE SENATE7th District…………………………VOTES….PCTPRECINCTS REPORTING 100%*Steve Glazer………………………..67,301 54.6%Susan Bonilla……………………….55,867 45.4%*includes Alameda County/Contra Costa County REGISTRATION/TURNOUTAlameda County/Contra Costa County……..VOTES….PCTPRECINCTS REPORTING 100%Total Registration………………….487,495Total Ballots Cast………………….123,168 25.27%Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 3:30 p.m.
Orinda Mayor Steve Glazer and Assemblymember Susan Bonila MEET THE CANDIDATES Susan Bonilla represents almost half of the voters in Seventh District as an Assemblymember representing a portion of Contra Costa County. She is also a former high school teacher… Read More ›
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 ›
Glazer’s campaign provided seven photos, including above, showing BART employees electioneering for Susan Bonilla on BART property. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | For the Democrats Susan Bonilla and Steve Glazer, the next stop in their hard-fought State Senate special… Read More ›
STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Big Labor was angling to slap a campaign finance complaint this week against the conservative Independent Expenditure (IE) committee backed by the Koch Brothers for failing to report the amount of money it spent… Read More ›
New attack ad against Susan Bonilla is paid for by a conservative IE so conservative it opposes some of the most conservative pols in the country. STATE SENTATE | DISTRICT 7 | It seems being a member of the California… Read More ›
The state party’s financial support for Susan Bonilla in the SD7 intraparty race may signal desperation. STATE SENTATE | DISTRICT 7 | Never before has the California Democratic Party open its wallet to defeat one of its own. But political familicide… Read More ›
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 ›
Alameda County proved a weak link for Susan Bonilla’s state senate campaign. STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Following Democrat Steve Glazer’s surprisingly strong electoral performance two weeks ago in the 7th State Senate District primary, the party’s more liberal… 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 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 ›
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 ›
Is this the same person? Susan Bonilla’s State Senate campaign sent a mailer last week featuring former Rep. Ellen Tauscher using a much younger photo than the current version, on the right. A second Bonilla mailer shows a more mature… 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 ›
