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AD01 Update / Shasta GOP Update: So You Want to Run For Legislature, Maybe Doing Some Research About the Way Things Work First?
Crazy Season is here. To add some color - Carl DeMaio's Reform California, (that Darin (Sieg) Hale is fond of quoting), has an endorsement of his opponent Heather Hadwick displayed in its' voter guide. Perhaps Hale should call Carl DeMaio and ask why his organization has Hadwick as one of only 4 in the whole California legislature with an A+...
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2-28-2026: What Your Intrepid Blogger is Tracking In California (Think CA-05, CA-GOV, and other neat stuff)
I've said it before and I will say it again, my political artillery can reach anywhere. Anyone thinking that my affinity for the outdoors and the land of Cranberries means you are somehow safe should think again! As I have been engaged in some projects in California,...
Whoops, California! Here Come the Auditors!
California is on the Radar Well, it only took a few years, several billion dollars, and a nationwide reputation for bureaucratic chaos, but Washington is finally taking a closer look at California’s pandemic unemployment program. Federal officials are preparing to...
A Flood of Open House Seats—But Not Competitive Open Seats
Flood of retirements doesn’t impact the overall battlefield much A hefty number of House retirements means that the number of incumbents seeking reelection this year will be among the lowest in any election since the end of World War II. But just like in the overall...
Dems Panic at the Prospect of Illegals Not Voting
California’s political class has a talent for turning ordinary policy debates into performance art. The latest example? A proposal to effectively create an ICE-free buffer zone around polling places ahead of the 2026 midterms. Yes, really. State lawmakers are pitching...
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My First Ever Post About the Santa Clara GOP is Doozy. All Hail L Ron Hubbard!
Pictured, Luis Buhler a political leader in the Bay Area speaking next to the bust of L Ron Hubbard. The location is the Church of Scientology in San Jose I have no idea what the hell Shane Patrick Connelly and the crew out in San Jose were thinking but they are...
LAGOP Update: Come on Man! Fact-Checking the Tom-Toms
Steve Frank posted some more stuff about the LAGOP. Some of it is deceptive and false. Given that Mr. Frank is attempting to lead the conservative opposition out of the morass in the CAGOP, objectivity and accuracy are paramount. Allow your intrepid blogger to...
LAGOP Update: Two Things Tim O’Reilly is 100% Right About: Keith Cascio Quits as Treasurer (Before Getting Tossed) and Hochman Invite
I hate the top two elections, but they are the law and were the law long before Prop14 in local elections. In LA, George Gascon, who is being exposed for corruption, wrote Prop 47 and has been on a society-destroying rampage. He has drawn Nathan Hochman as his...
Shasta GOP Update: Dan Sloan’s Ugly Side Coming Out After Losing 15-3 Vote – Still Claiming to be Chair, Threatening to Sue (who?)
For those of you just now tuning in, Dan Sloan was ousted as Chair of the Shasta GOP 15-5 at the April Meeting. Dan Sloan is refusing to accept the results and is now threatening to sue. Who is he threatening exactly? Dan Sloan is proving that the ugly stuff that...
CAGOP Update: Power Grab or Simple Revenge. LAGOP Chair Tim O’Reilly Proposes Elimination of 1/6 of all CAGOP Delegates!
What would you say if the chair of the Largest GOP County Party in America proposes eliminating about 230 delegates from the 1440 delegates the CAGOP has? For years, the moderate wing of the CAGOP have opposed efforts to expand the delegate pool. The only...
Tenessa Audette Update: The Post Primary Rampage Begins, Casino Corruption? Gives Jurors the Finger, Stages Execution of Planning Commissioner
To say Tenessa has been busy is an understatement. She raged on Michael D’Acquisto at a recent meeting when the lynching of Aaron Hatch was brought up. But wait, there’s more. The Redding City Council seems to be beset with drama and tribalism. That...
Shasta County Update: Audette Meltdown, a Crime Wave in Redding and Dan Sloan Ejected as Shasta GOP Chair and Here Comes the General Election
Tenessa vs D’Acquisto regarding the removal of a planning commissioner. Watch her interrupt and run over the top of him at the 1:18 mark. It appears that Tenessa has been getting more aggressive with people in public lately. (Tenessa is the Mayor and...
Sorry I Have Been Gone – Waiting for the 45 Days(!) For the Election Count to be Completed. My Menu for the Fall
California Elections are a joke. I’ve seen this a few times in my life Obviously, I am involved in California’s first Assembly District Race. I will be writing a lot more about this in the fall as it is now a head to head race with my candidate Heather...
OCGOP Update: Humiliation, After Scuttling Endorsements in CA-49 and SD-37 (with a side of AD-01)
In SD-37, Uber dumped a bunch of money into Josh Newman and Stephen Choi. The Leadership of the OC GOP wanted Crystal Miles whose consultant is Dave Gilliard. Many of the rank and file wanted Anthony Kuo. The story about how the endorsement of Kuo got scuttled is a...
AD01 + SD01 Update: Quite a Referendum on the Dahles
Tenessa Audette’s campaign declared her the “ENDORSED” Republican candidate ( a standard Dave Gilliard mail trick). But the endorsements she lacked were the Dahles. When central committees endorsed because of their unfounded hatred of the...
Placer County / North State Elections Update: What Your Intrepid Blogger Saw Happen. (It Ain’t What You Think)
Steve Garvey made the runoff for the US Senate against Adam Schiff. This will help with Republican turnout in the fall. Activist darling Eric Early was an asterisk in the final results. At the beginning of the evening, there were some pretty shocking-looking...
It’s Time for a Rant About California GOP Central Committee Elections San Bernardino, San Joaquin and Placer Edition
Time and Time again I see it. In the Right Corner, Activists and in the Left Corner the Consultant/Country Clubber team. I have friends on both sides of this so I am going to tear in to this subject equally. Do note, that if it is not obvious, I do not identify...