To understand why Steve Garvey suddenly emerged as a political force and became the quixotic Republican hope for a U.S. Senate seat in Democratic California, just ask Tony Strickland. Now … Cli...
Democratic challengers far out-raised vulnerable Republican congressmen in two Central Valley tossup races to start 2024, federal election reports filed this week show. The Democrats need to buil...
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Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, can run for retired Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s congressional seat in November, a state appeals court affirmed Tuesday. The decision ostensibly ends a legal cha...
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Immigration and border security have become top issues in this year’s presidential election, but they’re also expected to come up frequently on the campaign trail in North Carolina. A Gallup ...
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Brad Knott received his second major endorsement in three days after Americans For Prosperity announced to McClatchy on Monday morning that it picked Knott in North Carolina’s 13th Congressiona...
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Former President Donald Trump endorsed Brad Knott on Friday night in the Republican runoff election to represent an area in and around the Triangle in Congress. “Brad Knott has my … Click to ...
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Voters in former Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s congressional district will decide between two Republicans twice this year to succeed him. Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, and Tulare County Sherif...
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Early results from the special primary election in California’s 20th Congressional District suggest there will be a May runoff in the race to replace retired Rep. Kevin McCarthy. This is … Cl...
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Rep. Jeff Jackson said he doesn’t regret voting for a bill many see as an attempt to ban TikTok, but that he mishandled a video he posted to the social … Click to Continue »
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A Republican Super PAC spent more than $650,000 on Assemblyman Vince Fong’s congressional bid to succeed his former boss, retired Rep. Kevin McCarthy, in a deep-red California district. The new...
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California congressional contests could decide whether Democrats or Republicans control the House of Representatives in 2025 — and a couple in the Central Valley are especially crucial. It’s ...
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Two Republicans will vie in November to assume retired Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s California congressional seat. Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, and Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux will ...
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Former Rep. Mark Walker is ending his campaign without requesting a runoff election against former lobbyist Addison McDowell in order to work for former President Donald Trump. His campaign confi...
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Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, and former Assemblyman Rudy Salas, D-Bakersfield, are in for a toss-up November election rematch. Valadao and Salas will advance from the March 5 primary, the Assoc...
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Another round of ballots are due in California’s 20th Congressional District through March 19, this time to pick a representative for a seven-month term. A new slate of candidates from … Clic...
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Assemblyman Vince Fong, the presumed frontrunner to replace retired Bakersfield Rep. Kevin McCarthy in California’s most Republican-filled congressional district, will vie in the Nov. 5 general...
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Rep. Josh Harder, D-Tracy, and Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln, a Republican, will vie in a close November election for a left-leaning Stockton-anchored seat in the Central Valley. Lincoln will move...
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The election isn’t over for four Republicans running for Congress after Tuesday night’s primary in North Carolina. In both the 6th and 13th congressional districts, neither former lobbyist Ad...
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Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a day after Trump racked up a volume of victories on Super Tuesday and one week following McConnell’s announcement he would …...
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A Republican assemblyman is leading in the primary race to fill retired Bakersfield Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s shoes in California’s most Republican-filled congressional district. Assemblyman Vinc...
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The Republican incumbent and a Democratic challenger will vie to represent California’s 3rd Congressional District, a right-leaning stretch of the northern Sierra Nevada. Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Ro...
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National Democrats were concerned about getting locked out of a left-leaning Central Valley congressional district that had two Democrats and two Republicans on the primary ballot. Yet early resu...
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The Democratic incumbent has advanced and a Republican mayor will likely join him in the race for California’s 9th Congressional District, a left-leaning Stockton-anchored seat in the Central V...
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Trump-endorsed Addison McDowell won the most votes in Tuesday night’s 6th Congressional District Republican primary, but he’s likely heading to a runoff against former Rep. Mark Walker. “Al...
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North Carolina will have a new governor in 2025, and voters chose on Tuesday who they want as the Democratic, Republican and Libertarian candidates on the general election ballot this … Click t...
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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that former President Donald Trump will remain on Colorado’s primary ballot — and ballots nationwide — after the state and others moved to bar him. … C...
California’s 22nd Congressional District — rolling with rich farmland for dairy, nuts and fruits — houses one of the most hotly-contested primary races in the state, where two Democrats and...
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Congressional candidate Bo Hines owes nine companies nearly $500,000 for work on his 2022 campaign, even as he runs in a new district in 2024. And after talking to McClatchy … Click to Continue...
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Buckle up, North Carolina. We’re about to get a lot more attention this political season. After the March 5 primary election, you can expect the spotlight to be even brighter … Click to Conti...
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While starting as vernacular for being aware of racial and social injustice, the term “woke” has become a Republican buzzword to describe anything put forward by Democrats that Republicans th...
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