Articles for County Candidates

L.A. County candidates will remain defendants in former campaign volunteer’s lawsuit
3 months ago

L.A. County candidates will remain defendants in former campaign volunteer’s lawsuit

LA Times  

Two candidates from Los Angeles County running for state and local offices will remain defendants in a lawsuit alleging they are financially responsible for the sexual abuse of an underage volunteer who worked on their campaigns, a judge ruled Thursday. Judge Lee W. Tsao ruled Friday morning that the plaintiff’s attorney should have an opportunity to prove that Martinez’s alleged …

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Conservatives are pushing a ‘parental rights’ agenda in Florida school board races. Will it work?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservatives are pushing a ‘parental rights’ agenda in Florida school board races. Will it work?

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Like at school board meetings across Florida, conservative activists there have been reading aloud explicit passages from books, equating certain teaching materials to pornography and labeling educators as “groomers.” “It’s disgusting,” Blaxberg said. “He knows who the true conservative is in my race,” said Pinellas County school board candidate Danielle Marolf, after winning DeSantis’ endorsement. “Get …

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Your guide to the L.A. County district attorney race: 11 candidates aim to unseat Gascón
11 months, 1 week ago

Your guide to the L.A. County district attorney race: 11 candidates aim to unseat Gascón

LA Times  

Virtually every challenger has said they will reverse the sweeping policy changes Gascón enacted on his first day in office, but the planned implementation varies on such a walk back. Hochman, Hatami, Milton and McKinney have said they would either erase all of the district attorney’s policies or begin their terms as the “exact opposite of George Gascón.” Hochman has …

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‘Show up’ and campaign in Spanish: Rural Latino voters feel ignored by Senate candidates
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Show up’ and campaign in Spanish: Rural Latino voters feel ignored by Senate candidates

LA Times  

Francisco Rios stood contently watching the whirl of a Taylor Farms lettuce packaging assembly line, which was about to be dismantled and shipped off to Arizona for the winter. “I don’t know any of these candidates,” he said when asked about California’s 2024 Senate race, “but I want one who believes in respect, liberty and equality.” Many Latino voters in …

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Down-ticket Mississippi candidates stump for votes at Neshoba County Fair
1 year, 5 months ago

Down-ticket Mississippi candidates stump for votes at Neshoba County Fair

Associated Press  

— Mississippi candidates flocked to the Neshoba County Fair, an annual gathering that draws large crowds to the red clay hills in the eastern part of the state, for a second round of political speeches Thursday. Here’s some of what candidates for secretary of state, treasurer and auditor said Thursday: SECRETARY OF STATE Republican incumbent Michael Watson said his office …

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Shasta County OKs election results that turned back a far-right revolt
2 years, 5 months ago

Shasta County OKs election results that turned back a far-right revolt

LA Times  

After an expensive and often combative campaign, voters in a bellwether Northern California county have mostly turned away a slate of far-right candidates who had sought to take control of local government. The two dissenting board members, Patrick Jones and Tim Garman, had proposed instead a forensic audit of the county’s entire elections process, including, as Jones put it, “not …

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With California’s congressional maps set, candidates swoop in
3 years ago

With California’s congressional maps set, candidates swoop in

LA Times  

Katie Porter, third from right, and Harley Rouda, second from right, at a 2018 campaign event with former President Obama. After months of stall as they waited for new district lines, California’s congressional incumbents and challengers rushed to declare their candidacies Tuesday as key matchups, including a potential high-stakes contest between Orange County Democrats, began to crystallize. Soon after the …

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