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2020 Q1 Campaign Finance: What 50th Congressional District Candidates Raised and Spent

April 15, 2020 2:06 amApril 15, 2020 1:47 pm

Last year at this time, the 50th Congressional District, a large swath of land that stretches from the San Diego suburbs to the outskirts of the Salton Sea, was considered a lock for former Representative Duncan Hunter. However a scandal...

Grassroots Infrastructure for Initiatives and Recalls is Growing in California

March 21, 2020 9:22 amMarch 23, 2020 6:14 am

What California’s state legislators and elite power structure have not reckoned on, however, is the growing potential for activists, linked together and coordinated using online resources, to put transformative initiatives, referendums and recalls onto the state ballot. Earlier this...

Congressman Duncan Hunter Changes Plea to Guilty Over Campaign Fund Misuse

December 3, 2019 3:33 pmDecember 4, 2019 1:12 pm

The campaign finance scandal trial of Representative Duncan Hunter, a California Republican serving the 50th Congressional district in San Diego, took an unusual turn Monday as he changed his plea to guilty. 60 criminal counts and plane tickets for a...

California Globe Interview with CAGOP Chairwoman Jessica Patterson

October 17, 2019 2:41 pmOctober 17, 2019 5:30 pm

In February, the California Republican Party elected Jessica Millan Patterson as Party Chairwoman. Patterson won 55 percent of the vote after a contentious campaign in a Party afflicted with disunity. “There’s no doubt that newly-elected CAGOP Chairwoman Jessica Patterson deserves...

Republicans Aim To Be Hunter Killers

September 27, 2019 10:45 amSeptember 27, 2019 12:10 pm

In California’s 50th district, Republicans Darrell Issa, Carl DeMaio and Brian Jones are challenging incumbent Duncan Hunter, who faces trial on corruption charges. Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, who lost to Hunter by only 3.4 percentage points last year, is also in...

California Supreme Court Cuts Pension ‘Air Time,’ but Preserves ‘California Rule’

March 4, 2019 12:57 pmMarch 5, 2019 3:34 pm

The California Supreme Court announced its long-awaited decision on pension spiking and the purchase of “air time” credits Monday. In an unanimous ruling, the court found that state government may legally rescind the purchase of “air time” credits, a practice where...

Carl DeMaio Says Travis Allen ‘Unfit’ To Be CA GOP Chairman

February 23, 2019 5:01 pmFebruary 25, 2019 6:57 am

Reform California Chairman Carl DeMaio held a press conference Saturday during the California Republican Party Convention to discuss “the catastrophic prospect of a Travis Allen California Republican Party Chairmanship.” “From unpaid campaign debt for a failed gubernatorial race to running...