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

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

In a Dec. 21 news release, U.S. Rep. Ami Bera announced he would run for re-election in California’s redesigned CA-6 Congressional...

Last Saturday, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission issued its last set of draft Congressional district boundaries for public...

“Long-time” readers of the Sacto Politico (we are just 14 months old) know my brand of media criticism can seem sharpest toward the...

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. Much can still change...

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...

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

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...

Two weeks ago, President Joe Biden proposed his eight-year $2.3 trillion “American Jobs Plan.” This would be the largest infrastructure...

In the 2020 general election, Sacramento County reached its highest voter participation level (82.6%) since 1964, but outpacing every...

This story is part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. Maine’s unsuccessful Senate candidate Sara Gideon made...

When speaking of the “shame of our campaigns,” no episode in the last decade should disgust more than the federal response to the Opioid...

U.S. Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) has spent more than $1.1 million this cycle but without facing any major opposition. So what did he spend it on?

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