Political central committees pick new faces
The elected central committees of Contra Costa County’s two major political parties will see some new and familiar faces after Tuesday’s election. (UPDATE: 6/6/08 10:04 a.m. See correction below on...
View ArticleWilson’s lead narrows to 135 votes: Could it flip?
UPDATE 6/10/08: As of 7 a.m., Abram’s lead dropped by one more vote to 134 on the Secretary of State’s web page. But one of my readers added up the totals on each of the four counties in Assembly...
View ArticleEast Bay unveils map-based election results
We were all preoccupied with the numbers on Election Night. But on Tuesday, the Alameda County and Contra Costa County election departments also quietly unrolled a new feature on their voting results...
View ArticleMurdered Pleasanton man wins GOP central committee seat
Ernie Scherer of Pleasanton, who was found brutally murdered with his wife on March 14 in their home, has been elected posthumously to the Alameda County Republican Central Committee. Scherer had...
View ArticleWilson leads by 411 votes … maybe
A reader pointed out to me this morning that if you add up the votes for the Republican candidates in Assembly District 15 from the election web sites of each of the four counties in the district, San...
View ArticleAD 15 GOP seat narrows to 257-vote lead
San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson’s lead over retired Livermore businessman Robert Rao appears to be holding although it had narrowed to 257 votes today as county election offices complete their counts of...
View ArticleI’m back … 1,500 emails later
Vacation is fabulous but there’s a price for everything. In my case, it was 1,500 emails in my basket upon my return this morning after two weeks’ absence. The email system administrator advised me...
View ArticleRecord percentage of voters choose mail in June
The pitiful turnout in the California June primary election produced at least one notable statistic: The highest percentage of voters on record cast their ballots by mail rather than at the polls....
View ArticleVorderblog: CC supes race attracts $1 million-plus
Can you believe Contra Costa County still collects campaign finance reports on paper? Geeminy. But I spent a good part of the day going through them and learned that the candidates for Contra Costa...
View ArticleAlameda County GOP spat hits Court of Appeal
Members of the Alameda County Republican Central Committee will be arguing against each other this afternoon in the First District California Court of Appeal in San Francisco. County committee member...
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