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On Oct. 10, counties start mailing 2022 general election ballots to 22 million registered California voters. It marks the close of a...
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Nov. 13, 2022 – Vol. 3, Issue 5
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Faye Nabhani
Nov 26, 2021
Incoming SAFE Credit Union CEO to maintain corporate responsibility focus
Last week, Faye Nabhani was named SAFE Credit Union’s incoming President/CEO. Currently Chief Credit Officer for Folsom-based bank, she...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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 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
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...
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
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...
Jeff Burdick
Nov 4, 2020
Update: Buzz Patterson’s Dereliction of Duty
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...
Jeff Burdick
Oct 9, 2020
Ex-‘hate group’ strategist trained GOP candidate’s team
In July, Republican Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson hosted a former national strategist from one of the largest purported hate groups
Jeff Burdick
Oct 9, 2020
Why we published Patterson scoops
This package exposes a surprising number of far-right connections by a major-party-endorsed candidate for Congress (Buzz Patterson, CA-7).
Jeff Burdick
Oct 1, 2020
October surprise: Progressives now tops in Dem party
Watershed elections are rare. Even rarer are watersheds of which the chief beneficiaries are unaware. This appears the case for...
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