The 1000 pound gorilla in the room is Measure M. Measure M gives voters a choice between political dog whistles or fixing problems that are impeding the growth of Placer County. The Placer GOP Central Committee (well, about half of their members) have made it their...
Total Placer County Turnout 54%. 115,266. The numbers don’t lie: Total Republican Votes for President: 54181 or 47% – down a fraction of a point below 47.4% Registration Total Democrat Votes for President: 47203 or 41% – up a whopping 14% over 27%...
Our apologies for the delay in reporting on the fall election. As of today, 7/4/2016, Placer County has not finalized its’ count from the 6/8/2016 election. Recently, led by Kirk Uhler – the Placer County Board of Supervisors killed the obsessive...
This is how I would vote if I had a vote in every race in Placer County: US Senate – Duf Sundheim. He is the best chance for the GOP. CD01 – Doug LaMalfa or Joe Montes. I endorsed Montes, but LaMalfa endorsed and is actively assisting Bill Halldin. CD04...
The original plan was for Dave Titus to run for his boss (Beth Gaines) job and for Gaines to run against Kirk Uhler for Supervisor in Placer D4. Both were reported on this blog as vetted rumors and both of these efforts evaporated shortly thereafter. While the...
I like to blog about politics. I really like to blog about Placer County, everything from trustee races at Sierra College to congressional and state legislative races. Congressional races are my favorite. However, there is a lot going on beyond billions of gallons...
For years – the Sacramento Bee has hemorrhaged subscribers because it seemed like it was published by the Chinese Embassy it was so far to the left. A recent headline: “GOP Seizes on Libya Issue” is a great example – the Bee is trying to...
GOP Central Committee – the Committee voted Wednesday night to ask Jim McCauley to put 7 seats per Supervisor District on the ballot. At January’s Central Committee meeting – the Placer GOP Cent Com will consider SD01, AD05, AD06 endorsements....
AD01 – Has no incumbent and basically starts east and north of Auburn and goes to the Nevada border in Placer. The population center is Shasta County. So, look for someone from that area – Shasta is known as a home to a lot of more...
Update: I have been told that there will be lawsuits over the lines based on the voting rights act. In a nutshell, that act mandates that counties with percentages of Black or Latino population over a certain amount have to have the ability to elect a Black or...
At this point in the evening – Suzanne is leading by over 400 votes with only 35% of the vote outstanding. Linda’s lead is 2100 votes with only 20% reporting, but those ratios usually hold up well. Sam Cannon is not doing so well – I am certain I...
We finished up our endorsement calendar – please note that the Cent Com will take different positions than the CRA as the standard is different. (Republicans vs the CRA that looks for Conservative Republicans) The debate was harmonious – but the meeting...