Jeff BurdickJun 29Sacramento’s political age of the aged in CongressLast week, California marked the 88th birthday of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) with both congratulations and public exultations to...
Angelique AshbyJun 1Candidate Essay: Is it Time for a Mom for State Senate? Yes.At one time, I was a young single mom in Sacramento. My oldest son Nate and I lived in low-income housing. We used food stamps and...
Jeff BurdickApr 28Investigator: No basis to discipline Sac Co. Supervisor Serna for rant against Trump supportersAn outside investigator has concluded in her investigative report reviewed by the Sacto Politico that no basis exists to discipline...
Jeff BurdickApr 14Sacto Metro Area House members largely mum on Biden infrastructure plan; here’s what we learnedTwo weeks ago, President Joe Biden proposed his eight-year $2.3 trillion “American Jobs Plan.” This would be the largest infrastructure...
Jeff BurdickApr 14Orangevale by the numbers: Not close to being purple, but still reason for GOP concernOrangevale is keystone of the once overwhelmingly Republican northeast corner of Sacramento County. But while Folsom has already turned...
Jeff BurdickMar 11Calif. GOP leaders shared stage with extremists linked to hate groups, QAnonSunday afternoon, the drive to collect 1.5 million verified signatures and trigger a recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a...
Jeff BurdickMar 11Most Sacramento-area chambers say little after U.S. Chamber of Commerce revises endorsement criteriaQuietly last Friday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted a memo online announcing changes moving forward to its criteria for supporting...
Caity MapleMar 11Candidate Essay: Bootstraps and Rising Tides – Building Shared Prosperity in SacramentoWhen 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 BurdickFeb 23California Progressives step back slightly in ADEM electionsEarlier this month, the California Democratic Party completed its 2021 election of district-level delegates to the state party central...
Jeff BurdickFeb 5Where are they now? Many speakers at extreme August 1 rally now in extremis themselves On Aug. 1, 2020, on the steps of the California Capitol, the far-right “Rescue America Rally” gathered hundreds of angry Trump supporters...
Jeff BurdickFeb 5Growing Rancho Cordova getting younger, more ProgressiveTo hear most Democratic residents of Rancho Cordova explain it, Rancho Cordova is a politically conservative to moderate municipality. “I...
Jeff BurdickFeb 5Despite some erosion, Citrus Heights remains GOP countryCitrus Heights is known for its mall and to a much lesser degree an amusing intersection where Sunrise (Boulevard) implausibly meets...
Jeff BurdickJan 19Quietly in 2019-20, Sacramento Progressive donors gave $2.3 million to campaigns outside the countyDuring the 2019-2020 election cycle, Sacramento County residents donated a surprising $2.3 million at the federal level to Progressive...
Jeff BurdickJan 19As Trump leaves office, Sacramento County GOP becomes secretive Black BoxTomorrow on the final day of the Trump Administration, the central committee of the Sacramento County GOP is scheduled to choose its...
Jeff BurdickJan 19Sacramento’s riot of inflammatory rhetoric last week included Sac BeeMany thanks to the Sacramento News & Review (SNR) last week running most of my OpEd about inflammatory rhetoric that blemished the...
Jeff BurdickJan 5In pandemic, College Democrats adapt, stay activeLast year challenged all Americans, not least among them college students. The pandemic threw their college plans and coursework into...
Jeff BurdickJan 5Folsom’s Blues: Sliding into swing territoryIn the 2020 general election, Sacramento County reached its highest voter participation level (82.6%) since 1964, but outpacing every...
Andrés RamosJan 5Candidate for DPSC Chair: Andrés RamosEditor’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 StaffordJan 5Candidate for DPSC Chair: Tracie StaffordEditor’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 BurdickDec 15, 2020“What is your favorite political book, movie or TV show, and why?”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...