Foremost, 2021 will be remembered as the second year of the Covid-19 Pandemic, but it was also an extremely busy year in politics –...

California is among the most progressive states in the U.S. This is reflected in Congress with 22 of the 96 members of the Congressional...

EDITOR’S NOTE (Nov. 11): Last evening, the Citizens Redistricting Commission released its fourth version of maps. At the Congressional...

EDITOR’S NOTE (Nov. 11): Last evening, the Citizens Redistricting Commission released its fourth version of maps. Much can still change...

Editor’s note 1/10/22: Due to Congressional redistricting in California, the number of the district Jones is running in has changed to...

California’s draft Congressional maps are changing fast. Saturday, Sacto Politico published our first distillation of the first draft...

A small tremor rumbled through California politics this week when the state’s Citizens Redistricting Commission released its earliest...

Every election provides sort of an MRI snapshot of the health of the democratic process. Take California’s recent recall election. This...

At the federal level, the term “campaign fundraising” is a partial misnomer. That’s because the majority of such funds does little to run...

Politicos throughout California are closely awaiting the outcome of the redistricting for federal and state seats. Per a decision last...

A major challenge for achieving effective governance involves shrinking newsrooms. As far less about government gets covered, citizens...

With this issue, the SactoPolitico.com marks its first full year of publishing. Coincidentally, that’s the paper anniversary, which is...

The standard official portrait poses members of Congress like patriots in front of a U.S. flag. But with four House members from...

Last weekend, the Sacramento Bee scored a nice fundraising scoop about Republican Tamika Hamilton’s rematch attempt to upset 7-term U.S....

Last week, The New Republic published the results of my four-month investigation into widespread use of a previously obscure campaign...

On July 15, the U.S. Justice Department announced the latest in a long string of indictments against the giant dialysis company DaVita...

Since the start of the year, South Florida native Marcela Mulholland has served as political director for Data for Progress, a...

Last week, California marked the 88th birthday of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) with both congratulations and public exultations to...

Future control of the U.S. House of Representatives may well come down to just a few 2022 midterm races. Given this, it’s surprising how...

Last month, the two leading watchdogs of U.S. political fundraising announced their merger. The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) is...