As predicted by SactoPolitico for most of the past two years, no midterm Red wave or tsunami ever materialized and control of the U.S....

KCRA moderator Edie Lambert posed the four-word question to GOP Congressional candidate Kevin Kiley almost at the midway point of...

Mario Guerrero is president of Stonewall Democrats of Greater Sacramento. Its mission is to advance equal rights for all people,...

On Oct. 10, counties start mailing 2022 general election ballots to 22 million registered California voters. It marks the close of a...

Derek Cressman is a longtime government watchdog and Sacramento resident for the last 22 years. He is also a current candidate this fall...

This story was originally published by the award-winning newsweekly Sacramento News & Review and is co-published here with permission....

The Washington Post has the most memorable and consequential motto in journalism: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Adopted in 2017, the...

In politics, the unforced error can keep campaigns up at night. Such may be the case for the Sacramento-area Stephanie Nguyen for State...

Perhaps given how strongly blue California is, most media outlets give light, if any, coverage to how radicalized a large part of the...

In California districts dominated by a single party, the state’s all-in primary system creates a very different kind of voting choice –...

This story was produced by the award-winning newsweekly Sacramento News & Review and co-published here with permission. California...

The 2022 primary season has quickly turned into a losing referendum on the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board. Two weeks ago, three major GOP...

When a top Congressional candidate refuses a newspaper’s invitation to sit for an endorsement interview, that often says a bit about the...

Last issue, SactoPolitico.com exclusively reported a call from Congressional CA-7 Democratic challenger Jimmy Fremgen for the Democratic...

Many items in the following midterm election roundup remind me of a 1990s quote from former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. When asked...

Congressional redistricting significantly rearranged Sacramento County’s two Congressional districts. Instead of the current city-suburb...

Ukrainian-born Maksim “Max” Semenenko is a 39-year-old father of four (with a fifth on the way) and owner of his own construction...

A personal saying of mine is “If you must exaggerate to prove a point, others may think your point is exaggerated too.” It’s a reminder...

This article is part of SactoPolitico.com’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. For past pieces in the series, click here. Nothing...

As Kevin Kiley launched his Congressional campaign earlier this month, the Rocklin Republican was also busy contacting potential backers...