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

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

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

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

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

In a roundabout way, the Sacramento Bee’s recent announcement of the imminent departure of its president and editor, Lauren Gustus,...

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?

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...

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

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

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

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

Watershed elections are rare. Even rarer are watersheds of which the chief beneficiaries are unaware. This appears the case for...

A 1,500-word story represents quite a dedication of time and effort, but it’s ultimately Sacramento readers who were the most shortchanged.

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