SACRAMENTO – As the absentee and provisional ballots are nearing an end, North Sacramento developer Allen Wayne Warren is out in front of Rob Kerth for the City Council District 2 seat. The Sacramento County’s Registrar Office released new data late Tuesday showing Warren has 6,103 votes (50.71 percent) to Kerth’s 5,905 votes (49.06). It [...]
Key Republicans Change Their Position on Rice Nomination to Secretary of State
November 26, 2012 by
WASHINGTON – The White House could finally have its chance to close the books on its Benghazi public relations disaster, as key Republicans signal they might not stand in the way of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to become the next secretary of state. “I think she deserves the ability and the opportunity to explain herself [...]
Warren Pulls Ahead in Race for District Two Seat
November 21, 2012 by
DEL PASO HEIGHTS – For the last couple of weeks, Allen Wayne Warren, off and on, has been gaining momentum in his campaign run against Rob Kerth for the City Council District 2 seat. For the first time since the Nov. 6 General Election, the developer from North Sacramento has pulled ahead of Kerth by [...]
Union Muscle Key to Democrat Victories in State Campaigns
November 20, 2012 by
WASHINGTON – From California to Maine, unions used their political muscle in the recent elections to help install Democratic governors, build labor-friendly majorities in state legislatures and defeat ballot initiatives against them. The combination of union money and member mobilization helped Democrats take control of state legislatures in Maine and Minnesota. In Michigan, voters repealed [...]
It’s Confirmed. Democrats Win Supermajority in California Assembly
November 15, 2012 by
SACRAMENTO — Democrats have gained a supermajority in both houses of the California Legislature for the first time since the 19th century, after the Assembly reached the critical two-thirds threshold Wednesday. That gives California’s majority party complete dominance of state politics and the ability to raise taxes unilaterally if they choose. The party already had [...]
Several Sacramento Area Races Still Too Close to Call
November 14, 2012 by
SACRAMENTO – As of Tuesday afternoon, the race for Sacramento City Council District 2 is still too close to call and it may take another week to decide who the winner will be. Rob Kerth still holds a lead over developer and first-time candidate Allen Wayne Warren by exactly 200 votes. Currently, Kerth has 4,989 [...]
Changing Face of US Has Impact on Elections
November 13, 2012 by
WASHINGTON – Last week’s U.S. elections drove home trends that have been embedded in the fine print of birth and death rates, immigration statistics and census charts for years: America is rapidly growing more diverse. Nonwhites made up 28 percent of the electorate this year, compared with 20 percent in 2000. Much of that growth [...]
Obama is Re-elected to Second Term
November 7, 2012 by
WASHINGTON – After riding to victory in Ohio on the strength of his successful auto bailout plan and a come-from-behind victory in Virginia and possibly Florida, President Barack Obama was re-elected on Tuesday to a second term. Obama was ahead of Republican challenger Mitt Romney Tuesday night by approximately 1 million votes in the general [...]
Gay Marriage, Marijuana Backed in Historic Votes
November 7, 2012 by
WASHINGTON – Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of marijuana. The outcomes for those ballot measures Tuesday were a milestone for persistent but often [...]
Observer Recomendations: General Election 2012
October 31, 2012 by
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA Democrat U.S. SENATE DIANNE FEINSTEIN Democrat CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS District 3 JOHN GARAMENDI Democrat District 6 DORIS MATSUI Democrat District 7 AMI BERA Democrat STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS District 6 BETH GAINES Republican District 7 ROGER DICKINSON Democrat District 8 PETER TATEISHI Republican District 9 RICHARD PAN Democrat STATE SENATE DISTRICTS District 3 LOIS [...]
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