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One of the candidates seeking to replace Stephanie Nguyen on the Elk Grove City Council recently captured significant donations. Elk Grove Planning Commissioner and Elk Grove City Council District 4 candidate Sergio Robles has received $8,900 from four supporters. Of note, Robles received $1,000 from State Senate District
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Yesterday Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte announced they have endorsed Dave Jones for California State Senate District 8. Jones is facing fellow Democrat Angelique Ashby With this endorsement, Jones has received two significant endorsements from reproductive rights groups – Planned Parenthood joins the NARAL Pro-Choice California. In their announcement, Planned Parenthood
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With ballots scheduled to be mailed in about two weeks, some campaigns or possible interest groups supporting a particular candidate are still fine-tuning their message or perhaps presenting unflattering information about a candidate. That was evident with a text survey appearing today in Elk Grove. The survey was shared by
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Several area candidates endorsed by the California Democratic and Sacramento County Democratic Party spoke on Sunday afternoon to volunteers as they prepared to canvass neighborhoods. The event was held at the California Democratic Party headquarters and featured several candidates, including State Senate District 2 candidate Dave Jones and State Assembly
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In a gathering of several dozen supporters and volunteers on Saturday, September 24, Giezi Bermudez formally kicked off his campaign for Elk Grove City Council District 4. Bermudez’s event was held at Elk Grove’s District56 park facilities. A latecomer to the election, Bermudez entered the race on the
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On Wednesday, September 21 two Elk Grove City Council candidates received labor union donations. According to information compiled by @CATargetAlt, District 2 candidate Felipe Martin and District 4 candidate Sergio Robles each received $2,000. The contributions were from the Northern California District Council of Laborers. Martin’s opponent Cosumnes
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As often happens in competitive political campaigns, candidates and their political operatives present conflicting information suited to bolster their claims. The race for the California Assembly District 10 between Democrats Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra and Elk Grove City Councilmember Stephanie Nguyen is a case in point. Yesterday both campaigns
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Even in states where one party has an advantage, occasionally, there are races where the minority party causes trembles for the majority. In Democratic California, one such race could be in a swing suburban Assembly district of Sacramento. In the Rancho Cordova-Folsom-centered Assembly District 7, Republican Joshua Hoover is causing
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One of the three candidates seeking to replace Pat Hume as Elk Grove’s District 2 City Council representative had a campaign kick-off event on Saturday, September 17. According to a press release, the event held at Felipe Martin’s Elk Grove residence drew over 100 supporters. Martin, Michelle Kile,
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In a race that could determine a balance of power in Sacramento County, the area Democratic and Republican parties have placed a high priority on the District 5 race for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. With Supervisor Don Notolli leaving after 28 years in office, and the difficulty in
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One of the most visible pieces of legislation on Gov. Gavin Newson’s stacks of pending bills is Assembly Bill 2183. Passed by the Assembly and the Senate, the legislation would ease the voting standards for organizing farm workers. Although the bill has broad support, Newsom has been silent on