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Candidate essay: Let’s build a better Calif. Dem. Party

Mar 31, 2021

Candidate essay: Let’s build a better Calif. Dem. Party

Editor’s note: Between now and April 21, more than 3,000 delegates to the California Democratic Party will have the chance to vote by...

Candidate Essay: Proven Leadership in Challenging Times

Rusty Hicks

Mar 31, 2021

Candidate Essay: Proven Leadership in Challenging Times

Editor’s note: Between now and April 21, more than 3,000 delegates to the California Democratic Party will have the chance to vote by...

GOP slips more in latest California registration stats

Jeff Burdick

Mar 31, 2021

GOP slips more in latest California registration stats

There is Red versus Blue in politics. Then there is just going into the red as a party. Despite the California GOP believing the recall...

Calif. GOP chair, Asm. Kiley rallied with extremists

Jeff Burdick

Mar 10, 2021

Calif. GOP chair, Asm. Kiley rallied with extremists

Sunday afternoon, the drive to collect 1.5 million verified signatures and trigger a recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a...

Local effect of new Chamber of Commerce endorsing rules

Jeff Burdick

Mar 10, 2021

Local effect of new Chamber of Commerce endorsing rules

Quietly last Friday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted a memo online announcing changes moving forward to its criteria for supporting...

Are midterm losses inevitable for Democrats? Maybe not

Jeff Burdick

Mar 10, 2021

Are midterm losses inevitable for Democrats? Maybe not

The deadly Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol represented a historic low for the Republican Party. Despite this, House Minority...

Candidate Essay: For Shared Prosperity in Sacramento

Caity Maple

Mar 10, 2021

Candidate Essay: For Shared Prosperity in Sacramento

When I left home at the age of 16, I remember thinking that I would be back at some point – I was wrong. I found myself bouncing around...

Punchbowl.News John Bresnahan on California in Congress

Jeff Burdick

Feb 23, 2021

Punchbowl.News John Bresnahan on California in Congress

Along with two other highly esteemed D.C. correspondents, veteran Capitol Hill reporter John Bresnahan earlier this year launched the...

Matsui, Bera letting public foot opioid settlements

Jeff Burdick

Feb 23, 2021

Matsui, Bera letting public foot opioid settlements

The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post recently reported that four major opioid makers and distributors are close to finalizing a...

Fine(d) Bedfellows, Part 2: Where we go from here

Jeff Burdick

Feb 23, 2021

Fine(d) Bedfellows, Part 2: Where we go from here

This is the second of two articles in a series. Click here for part one. Last issue, a Sacto Politico study detailed the tens of millions...

California Progressives step back in ADEM elections

Jeff Burdick

Feb 23, 2021

California Progressives step back in ADEM elections

Earlier this month, the California Democratic Party completed its 2021 election of district-level delegates to the state party central...

Fine(d) Bedfellows Pt. 1: Worst corporations donate big

Jeff Burdick

Feb 5, 2021

Fine(d) Bedfellows Pt. 1: Worst corporations donate big

This article is part one of two, and part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. For other articles in the series,...

Where are extreme Aug. 1 rally speakers today?

Jeff Burdick

Feb 5, 2021

Where are extreme Aug. 1 rally speakers today?

On Aug. 1, 2020, on the steps of the California Capitol, the far-right “Rescue America Rally” gathered hundreds of angry Trump supporters...

Growing Rancho Cordova gets younger, more Progressive

Jeff Burdick

Feb 5, 2021

Growing Rancho Cordova gets younger, more Progressive

To hear most Democratic residents of Rancho Cordova explain it, Rancho Cordova is a politically conservative to moderate municipality. “I...

Coming realignment? America’s new political spectrum

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...

Sacramento Progressives quietly sent $2.3M outside area

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...

As Trump leaves, Sacramento GOP becomes Black Box

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...

Sacramento’s riot of heated rhetoric included Sac Bee

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...

In pandemic, College Democrats adapt, stay active

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...

Folsom’s Blues: Sliding into swing territory

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...