Maldo withdrawn, re-submitted for Lt. Gov.
Looks like the governor has backed off his initial plan to swear in Abel Maldonado as lieutenant governor later this month despite last night’s Assembly vote – he has withdrawn Maldonado’s name from...
View ArticleMaldo, Anthem, subway and more on ‘TWINC’
I was on KQED Channel 9’s “This Week in Northern California” last night talking about the Abel Maldonado mess. The show also featured the Chronicle’s Victoria Colliver on Anthem Blue Cross’ rate hikes;...
View ArticleNew study shows pluses, minuses of open primaries
The nonpartisan Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles has released an excellent analysis of the impacts of Proposition 14, the open primary initiative on the June 8 ballot. The authors’ chief...
View ArticleA musical primary post-mortem
When I’m having a good day, or sometimes when I’m down, I sometimes give myself a gift on the limited budget available to me as a reporter: a 99-cent splurge on new iTunes song for my iPod. And so as...
View ArticleNewsom leads Maldo in fundraising for Lt.Gov.
Incumbent Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, the former state Senator from Santa Maria appointed and confirmed to the job earlier this year, today reported raising almost $127,000 and spending less than $12,000...
View ArticleSF Dem group snubs Newsom for Lt. Gov.
The political action committee of San Francisco for Democracy – a grassroots progressive group “inspired by the leadership of Howard Dean” – released its slate of endorsements yesterday for November’s...
View ArticleMaldonado takes conservative heat on Prop. 8
A conservative group is calling Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, the Republican nominee to keep the job come November, “incompetent and dangerous” given his refusal to mount a legal defense of Proposition 8’s...
View ArticleCanciamilla: Burton doesn’t speak for all Dems
Former Assemblyman Joe Canciamilla, D-Pittsburg, accompanied Republican incumbent Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado to his campaign stop this afternoon in Walnut Creek. Per my article, he explained that serving...
View ArticleTim Donnelly’s ‘Path to Victory’ ignores obstacles
Conservative Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly’s gubernatorial campaign floated a memo Thursday outlining a “path to victory” in which incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown and moderate Republican challenger...
View ArticleAbel Maldonado drops out of race for governor
Former Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado has dropped out of this year’s gubernatorial race. At a news conference in his hometown of Santa Maria, the Republican said that “after having traveled all over the...
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