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Shane Goldmacher is a former reporter for Capitol Weekly. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where he served as editor of the Berkeley Political Review.

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  • National NAACP bucks CA chapter, backs tobacco tax initiative

  • NAACP's Huffman assailed for tobacco, telecom payments

  • Schwarzenegger targets the 'ElimiDate Voter'

  • Legislators tap Sacramento interests for campaign cash

  • New York developer's eminent-domain crusade comes to California

  • Schwarzenegger's election-year olive branches

  • Dems, Gov. tapped same spots for campaign cash

  • Schwarzenegger has a special interest in Capitol-area money

  • Schwarzenegger's million-dollar woman

  • The kings and queens of the California political quotation

  • All about Phil: Angelides is strategist in own campaign

  • "Women of the year" married to men of Legislature

  • With new law, chase for campaign cash becomes family affair

  • High school student gives governor $44,600

  • Going to interview with CTA? Be sure to look into the camera

  • David Crane: Arnold's other Democratic adviser

  • The rise of the blogs: How the GOP uses the Web to organize

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    The 2006 Election Results

    1A: 76.9-23.1
    1B: 61.3-38.7
    1C: 57.4-42.6
    1D: 56.6-43.4
    1E: 64-36
    83: 70.6-29.4
    84: 53.7-46.3
    85: 45.9-54.1
    86: 48-52
    87: 45.2-54.8
    88: 23-77
    89: 25.5-74.5
    90: 47.6-52.4

    U.S. Sen.
    Feinstein 59.7
    Mountjoy 34.9
    Gov.
    Schwarzenegger 55.8
    Angelides 39.2
    Lt. Gov
    Garamendi 49.5
    McClintock 44.9
    Atty. Gen.
    Brown 56.7
    Poochigian 37.9
    Sec. of state
    Bowen 48.5
    McPherson 44.7
    Treasurer
    Lockyer 54.8
    Parrish 37
    Controller
    Chiang 50.9
    Strickland 40.1
    Insur. Comm.
    Poizner 50.7
    Bustamante 38.9

    For complete election results click here.

    The Primary Election Results

    Gov.
    Angelides 48.2
    Westly 43.1
    Lt. Gov
    Garamendi 42.9
    Speier 39.3
    Figueroa 17.8
    Atty. Gen.
    Brown 63.2
    Delgadillo 36.8
    Sec. of state
    Bowen 61.1
    Ortiz 38.9
    Treasurer
    Parrish 56.4
    Richman 43.6
    Controller
    Democratic primary
     Chiang 53.4
    Dunn 46.6
    Republican primary
     Strickland 40.9
    Maldonado 36.9
    Insur. Comm.
    Bustamante 70.5
    Kraft 29.5
    Supt. of Schools
    O'Connell 52.5, avoids run-off

    For complete election results click here.

    The Special Election Results

    73: 47.4-52.6
    74: 45-55
    75: 46.6-53.4
    76: 38-62
    77: 40.5-59.5
    78: 41.5-58.5
    79: 38.9-61.1
    80: 34.3-65.7

    For complete election results click here.

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    Thursday, August 18, 2005

    On Deadline Day…A Trip to Mexico?

    Today is the de facto day that legislators must submit initiatives for the fall special election ballot. That also makes today the “last” day reach a bipartisan compromise. There is a story in the Mercury News about former Democratic leader Bob Hertzberg coming into town to help broker a deal. Sounds serious, right?

    Well, when Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Nunez sent out a press release this afternoon there was a sliver of hope that it had the details of a pact (a very very small sliver of hope).

    Sorry, but no. The press release announced that Nunez will travel to Mexico City to meet with President Vicente Fox. That seems like quite the coup for the Los Angeles politician, upstaging a governor whose brief stints in Mexico have drawn some criticism from Latinos living in California.

    But why announce today? And shouldn’t they still be focused on the special election compromise deadline?

    It looks like one more sign of the waning chances of a pact.

    posted by Shane Goldmacher at 2:20 PM

    Comments on "On Deadline Day…A Trip to Mexico?"

     

    Anonymous Anonymous said ... (11:47 AM) : 

    The more interesting bit of information is that Nunez requested that Arnold declare a state of emergency on the border, and called for a stop to a "rising tide of drug trafficking and illegal immigration." [sic] This was a weird announcement from the Speaker of all people.

    --Matt

     

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