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Jeff Burdick
Feb 5, 2021
Despite some erosion, Citrus Heights stays GOP country
Citrus Heights is known for its mall and to a much lesser degree an amusing intersection where Sunrise (Boulevard) implausibly meets...
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Jeff Burdick
Jan 19, 2021
Coming realignment? America’s new political spectrum
However one judges Donald Trump – and in recent polls the vast majority of America views him poorly – most agree he has been the most...
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Jeff Burdick
Jan 19, 2021
Sacramento Progressives quietly sent $2.3M outside area
During the 2019-2020 election cycle, Sacramento County residents donated a surprising $2.3 million at the federal level to Progressive...
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Jeff Burdick
Jan 19, 2021
As Trump leaves, Sacramento GOP becomes Black Box
Tomorrow on the final day of the Trump Administration, the central committee of the Sacramento County GOP is scheduled to choose its...
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Jeff Burdick
Jan 19, 2021
Sacramento’s riot of heated rhetoric included Sac Bee
Many thanks to the Sacramento News & Review (SNR) last week running most of my OpEd about inflammatory local rhetoric that blemished the...
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Jeff Burdick
Jan 5, 2021
In pandemic, College Democrats adapt, stay active
Last year challenged all Americans, not least among them college students. The pandemic threw their college plans and coursework into...
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Jeff Burdick
Jan 5, 2021
Folsom’s Blues: Sliding into swing territory
In the 2020 general election, Sacramento County reached its highest voter participation level (82.6%) since 1964, but outpacing every...
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Andrés Ramos
Jan 5, 2021
Candidate for DPSC Chair: Andrés Ramos
Editor’s Note: On Jan. 14, the Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County (DPSC) will elect a new Board Chair to a...
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Tracie Stafford
Jan 5, 2021
Candidate for DPSC Chair: Tracie Stafford
Editor’s Note: On Jan. 14, the Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County (DPSC) will elect a new Board Chair to a...
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Jeff Burdick
Dec 15, 2020
S/P OpEd follow-up: Campaign coffers for common good?
This story is part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. Maine’s unsuccessful Senate candidate Sara Gideon made...
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Jeff Burdick
Dec 15, 2020
What’s your favorite political book, movie or TV show?
With the year winding down, The Sacto Politico decided to take a less hard-nosed survey of a party of politics that connects us all. We...
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Jeff Burdick
Dec 15, 2020
S/P Q&A: How underdog State Ballot campaign won
The rule of thumb for winning state ballot initiatives is to spend the most money. Although originally designed to give voters a direct...
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Jeff Burdick
Dec 15, 2020
Yolo County: 2020 Presidential Vote breakdown
The Nov. 3 presidential results for Yolo County were never in question. The county is overwhelmingly Democratic, and Joe Biden won nearly...
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Jeff Burdick
Dec 15, 2020
The Feinstein exit question
Just like that, the official watch for when California Senator Dianne Feinstein will step down has begun. It took just one story...
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Jeff Burdick
Dec 2, 2020
S/P Q&A: Sacramento Co. Supervisor-elect Rich Desmond
In little more than a month, Carmichael resident Rich Desmond will be sworn in to replace retiring Sacramento County Supervisor Susan...
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Jeff Burdick
Dec 2, 2020
Election 2020: Local Dem. groups look back & ahead
With nearly a full month since the general election ended, many local Democratic activists and political groups have had a chance to...
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Jeff Burdick
Dec 2, 2020
Hasta La Gustus: Sac Bee Editor moving on
In a roundabout way, the Sacramento Bee’s recent announcement of the imminent departure of its president and editor, Lauren Gustus,...
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Jeff Burdick
Dec 2, 2020
2020 presidential vote by Sacramento communities
It’s no exaggeration to call the 2020 general election historic. Statistically, it featured Sacramento County’s highest voter turnout...
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Jeff Burdick
Nov 16, 2020
What should Sacramento Dems learn from Co. Board loss?
Coming into the 2020 election cycle, area Democrats coveted flipping Supervisory District 3 of the Sacramento County Board. Republican...
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Jeff Burdick
Nov 16, 2020
S/P Q&A: Sacto Council Member-elect Katie Valenzuela
Sacramento’s biggest 2020 electoral story was the upset victory by Katie Valenzuela in the Sacramento’s City Council District 4 race. Her...
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