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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Nov. 13, 2022 – Vol. 3, Issue 5
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Jeff Burdick
Nov 16, 2020
Best bet to beat McClintock may rely on redistricting
During the last two election cycles, hope has burned in the greater Sacramento region that just the right Democratic opponent with a very...
Michael J. Seaman
Nov 16, 2020
Guest Essay: COVID-19 & Calif.’s Unincorporated Areas
More than 6 million people in California live in urbanized unincorporated areas, without an elected mayor or city councils to focus on...
Jeff Burdick
Nov 4, 2020
The Shame of Our Campaigns, a primer
Editor’s note: The Sacto Politco’s “Shame of Our Campaigns” series was inspired by famed muckraker Lincoln Steffens and his “Shame of the...
Jeff Burdick
Nov 4, 2020
As Opioid Crisis raged, companies gave Matsui $125K
When speaking of the “shame of our campaigns,” no episode in the last decade should disgust more than the federal response to the Opioid...
Jeff Burdick
Nov 4, 2020
Has Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. returned to far-right roots?
Most California election cycles find the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) in the news opposing another statewide ballot effort...
Jeff Burdick
Nov 4, 2020
How Ami Bera dropped $1M in cash without really trying
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?
Jeff Burdick
Nov 4, 2020
2022 Election Spotlight: State Assembly districts 8 & 9
With the 2020 elections over, staunch politicos now turn to the 2022 primaries. Too early, you say? Money never sleeps, and the same...
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