The California Observer: Of growth and politics

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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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.

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.

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.

OC Register: Orange Punch

Friday, July 21, 2006

Of growth and politics

Gov. Schwarzenegger held a press conference today and one of the highlights was the governor touting 11,000 new jobs in California in June.

"I have good news. I love coming into this office, I have to tell you, in the morning with good news, like we just found out that we have gained another 11,000 new jobs in California this last month. So this is really great, so our unemployment has gone from 5 percent down to 4.9 percent, so this is why I'm smiling again. Every day I'm smiling. We've got all great news."

But the Angelides campaign quickly fired back with Schwarzenegger quote from the 2005 State of the State Address:

If a politician tries to take credit for job growth, don't believe it.

Here's what Team Angelides had to say:

Continuing his pattern of doing and saying the opposite of what he’s done and said before, today Governor Schwarzenegger is claiming credit for (anemic) job growth. Despite the election year posturing and rhetoric, job creation in California under Schwarzenegger continues to lag. In June, job growth nationwide ticked up nearly 40%, while growth in California fell.

Expect a Angelides-is-negative e-mail retort from Team Arnold in the next several hours.

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