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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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Favorites in Capitol Weekly

  • 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 17, 2006

    New feature in CW

    Ok...last of my new stuff for the day...here is a new feature we will have every week in CW on the latest in political donations:

    One week after inking a deal with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to add 3,000 new slot machines to their casino, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians flexed their political muscle this week with either $1,000 or $2,000 donations to five sitting Assembly members, including Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Niguel, Joe Coto, D-San Jose, Juan Arambula, D-Fresno, Lori Saldana, D-San Diego, and Shirley Horton, R-Chula Vista, as well as six would-be Assembly members: Tom Berryhill, Fiona Ma, Mike Duvall, Anna Caballero, Jean Fuller and Jose Solorio. … As the Legislature considers major environmental legislation in the final weeks of session, Sempra energy has donated to a several Republicans, including Assembly members Horton, ($1,000), Greg Aghazarian, R-Stockton ($1,000), Guy Houston, R-Livermore, Mark Wyland, R-Del Mar ($1,250), Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto ($1,500), and Mod Squad Dems Arambula ($1,000) and Coto ($1,000). Sempra also tossed $1,000 to Assembly hopefuls Paul Krekorian and Caballero. … Speaking of oil companies, the Plains Exploration & Production Company chipped in $600,000 to defeat Proposition 87, the oil-tax initiative, which makes them the biggest contributor of the week. The company Web site describes them as "an independent oil and gas company primarily engaged in the upstream activities of acquiring, developing, exploiting, exploring and producing oil." Wait a second, did they say exploiting? … Coming in second place are the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3, which gave $250,000 to Californians to Improve Traffic Now, a committee dedicated to passing Prop. 1B, the transportation bond. … Another big donor was the National Audubon Society, which gave $100,000 to help support Proposition 84, the environmental bond. … Meanwhile the California Nurses Association contributed more than $24,000 to support Proposition 89, to stop all these donations … and former Senate leader John Burton donated $1,000 to Phil Angelides.

    posted by Shane Goldmacher at 9:16 AM

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