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Nov 4, 2020

Update: Buzz Patterson’s Dereliction of Duty

Editor’s update: As of 8/17/21, the FEC still reports receiving none of Patterson’s overdue filings covering a year of fundraising in the...

Oct 13, 2020

Treasurer: Patterson fails to report $300K in donations

Sacramento Republican candidate for Congress Buzz Patterson has failed to report any of its campaign fundraising and spending as required by

Oct 9, 2020

Patterson’s endorsers largely silent on far-right ties

For the past week, The Sacto Politico has reached out to 13 different endorsers of the Patterson campaign. Only three reaffirmed their...

Oct 9, 2020

Ex-‘hate group’ strategist trained GOP candidate’s team

In July, Republican Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson hosted a former national strategist from one of the largest purported hate groups

Oct 9, 2020

Why we published Patterson scoops

This package exposes a surprising number of far-right connections by a major-party-endorsed candidate for Congress (Buzz Patterson, CA-7).

Oct 1, 2020

Watching 2020 political ads. A review.

Styles in political advertising change slowly. Watch most current negative ads, and you’ll likely see the same decades-old...

Sep 15, 2020

Why did Sacto media cover extremist rally but not the extremism?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aug. 1 on the steps of the California’s state capitol, the state GOP-endorsed Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson...