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If Republican Pat Hume – or most candidates in the Elk Grove area – relied on partisan support, they would probably lose. As a candidate for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 5 seat, Hume has the conservative rural and Republican vote secured, but that is not enough. So in his
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With a low rate of ballot returns in Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 5 and the clock ticking down as voting closes, Republican Pat Hume and groups supporting him are now targeting Democratic voters. Two registered District 5 Democratic voters shared screenshots of text messages they received this evening.
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An independent expenditure committee TV commercial targeting Democratic voters has called Democratic California Assembly District 10 candidate Elk Grove City Couniclmember Stephane Nguyen, a Republican. The commercial (see video below) has been in rotation this week. In their effort to support Nguyen’s opponent, Democrat Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra,
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As if to validate Elk Grove News’ barstool analysis posted yesterday afternoon on Michelle Kile’s favorable prospects, hours later, we learned of an attack mailer directed at her campaign. Kile, along with Rod Brewer and Felipe Martin, are vying for the Elk Grove City Council District 2 open seat.
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With the days winding down until voting ends and more than 80 percent of countywide ballots not yet submitted as of October 31, the Democratic Party of Sacramento County is making a final push for its endorsed candidates. The county party organization has sent a mailer to registered Democratic voters
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As of Friday, October 28, only 13 percent of ballots in Sacramento County have been submitted, according to Political Data Inc. Of the 862,659 ballots mailed to registered voters, 111,316 have been returned for processing. While Democratic voters make up 46 percent of the total countywide, they are
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There will be at least two new Elk Grove City Council members this year. For certain, there will be new representatives in Districts 2 and 4. Last week District 4 candidates Giezi Bermudez and Sergio Robles were invited to make a recording regarding their candidacies. Below you will find the
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In a mailer from her campaign received by voters yesterday, Elk Grove City Councilmember Stephanie Nguyen resurrected a line of attack against her fellow Democratic candidate, Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra. The two candidates are vying for the hotly contested District 10 seat of the California Assembly. As she did
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In the latest independent expenditure committee mailer in the volatile Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 5 race, one candidate is called an anti-abortion, climate-denying Republican. The mailer from a group supporting Jaclyn Moreno tagged her opponent, Pat Hume, with those labels. After saying dogs can sniff an anti-abortion, climate-denying
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Even though Sacramento County Measure A proponents are well-funded and have the upper hand in the battle over the $8.5 billion tax increase, there is growing resistance. Along with a loose coalition of opponents and the website and social media site No Way on Measure A, proponents have received
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Whether you support Elk Grove’s onerous Measure E or not, there is no denying proponents are loaded with developer and union cash in their pursuit of the $23 million annual consumer tax hike. Although there have been several so-called “informational” taxpayer-funded mailers, and this week, a slick multi-page mailer
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Online advertisements that started appearing today have targeted Democratic Sacramento County Board of Supervisor District 5 candidate, Jaclyn Moreno. One ad calls Moreno a do-nothing politician, and another shows a picture of an encampment, saying that is her idea of “open space.” The click-through leads to the Californians for a