A centrist summit in California has a message for California Republicans: you don’t have to be like President Trump. You don’t even have to like him.
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Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters
GOP dodges bullet, but faces tough future
Californians dodge a bullet by electing a moderate new party chairperson, but Jessica Patterson faces a daunting task to resuscitate her party.
Posted inElection 2020, Politics
With new Latina chair, party insiders say GOP “dodged a bullet.” Now what?
At the California Republican convention this weekend, GOP delegates nominated Jessica Patterson, a millennial Latina with a lengthy resume as a behind-the-scenes party operator, as their new chair.
Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Critical choice for California GOP: Which door—if any—leads to revival?
As California Republican delegates descend on Sacramento this weekend to elect a new party chair, rally what’s left of the troops and talk Election 2020, many will be pondering—and likely fiercely debating—a much bigger question: What now?
Posted inPolitics
The year in California politics, as told through Twitter: #2018
Californians suffered from déjà vu in 2018. Here’s a recap of some of the biggest stories in state politics, as told through the medium that once again dominated it.
Posted inCommentary, Election 2018, My Turn, Politics
My turn: California Republicans missed the future
Donald Trump’s statements on immigration, gender equality, and the environment damaged the Republican brand in California. While many of us continued to work on solution- and people-oriented policies, a vocal minority of the Republican Party viewed Trump’s election as a reason to double down on his rhetoric.
Posted inElection 2018, Politics
Quick Takes: A dozen things we learned from California’s primary
1. Trump mattered For months, the two top Republicans in the race, John Cox, a businessman from Rancho Santa Fe, and Huntington Beach Assemblyman Travis Allen, were within sniping distance of one another in most credible public opinion polls. Then, sometime between April and late May, something changed. Republican voters began to rally around the […]
Posted inElection 2018, Politics
Republican Cox to face Democrat Newsom for governor in November
Updated June 6 Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who gained national prominence with his early embrace of same-sex marriage and his unabashed support for marijuana legalization, easily won the top slot in the race to replace Gov. Jerry Brown. San Diego-area businessman John Cox, a Republican, won the second spot, defeating former Los Angeles […]
Posted inElection 2018
Nuclear option: Why politicians are warily watching the recall election of Sen. Josh Newman
At stake in a California recall race is more than the short tenure of a state lawmaker. The fate of Sen. Josh Newman will provide an object lesson to politicians of all stripes on what happens to vulnerable politicians who take controversial votes—and how well parties and other interest groups can (or can’t) protect them from ticked off voters.
Posted inData Points, Election 2018, Multimedia, Politics
High Rollers—A closer look at some of the sources underwriting California’s costly campaign season
With California’s primary just days away, here’s a sampling of some of the players spending big to influence your vote.