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...

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...

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

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...

The rule of thumb for winning state ballot initiatives is to spend the most money. Although originally designed to give voters a direct...

The Nov. 3 presidential results for Yolo County were never in question. The county is overwhelmingly Democratic, and Joe Biden won nearly...

Just like that, the official watch for when California Senator Dianne Feinstein will step down has begun. It took just one story...

In little more than a month, Carmichael resident Rich Desmond will be sworn in to replace retiring Sacramento County Supervisor Susan...

With nearly a full month since the general election ended, many local Democratic activists and political groups have had a chance to...

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

It’s no exaggeration to call the 2020 general election historic. Statistically, it featured Sacramento County’s highest voter turnout...

Coming into the 2020 election cycle, area Democrats coveted flipping Supervisory District 3 of the Sacramento County Board. Republican...

Sacramento’s biggest 2020 electoral story was the upset victory by Katie Valenzuela in the Sacramento’s City Council District 4 race. Her...

During the last two election cycles, hope has burned in the greater Sacramento region that just the right Democratic opponent with a very...

More than 6 million people in California live in urbanized unincorporated areas, without an elected mayor or city councils to focus on...

Editor’s note: The Sacto Politco’s “Shame of Our Campaigns” series was inspired by famed muckraker Lincoln Steffens and his “Shame of the...

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

Most California election cycles find the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) in the news opposing another statewide ballot effort...

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?

With the 2020 elections over, staunch politicos now turn to the 2022 primaries. Too early, you say? Money never sleeps, and the same...