In possibly pivotal CA-3 House race, can Jones catch Kiley?
As predicted by SactoPolitico for most of the past two years, no midterm Red wave or tsunami ever materialized and control of the U.S....
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Nov. 13, 2022 – Vol. 3, Issue 5
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Jeff Burdick
Nov 5, 2022
Analysis: Jury partially out on what early California voting data means
In political analysis, it’s essential to know the difference between tea leaves and dependable empirical data. Unfortunately, this is no...
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Ben Testani
Nov 5, 2022
How to Turnout Young Voters Each Fall
A frequent election question received from readers – particularly Democrats – is how more young voters can be engaged and turned out to...
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Jeff Burdick
Oct 28, 2022
At CA-3 TV debate, Kiley dodges neo-Nazi question
KCRA moderator Edie Lambert posed the four-word question to GOP Congressional candidate Kevin Kiley almost at the midway point of...
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Jeff Burdick
Oct 21, 2022
In red-hot Jones-Kiley CA-3 House race, does anyone have homestretch advantage?
To describe the CA-3 House race as the most competitive under-the-radar House race in the nation feels an understatement. Every normal...
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Jeff Burdick
Oct 6, 2022
With democracy in balance, safe House Democrats hold back $200M+ in campaign cash
Editor’s note: This is the latest installment in our long-running Shame of Our Campaigns series. Also see end of article for two updates...
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Jeff Burdick
Oct 6, 2022
Did US Chamber of Commerce ignore its new endorsement policy with Kiley Congressional nod?
Two months after the violent Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Insurrection that resulted in five deaths and delayed the electoral vote count...
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Jeff Burdick
Oct 6, 2022
Before you vote, check out past S/P coverage first
On Oct. 10, counties start mailing 2022 general election ballots to 22 million registered California voters. It marks the close of a...
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Jeff Burdick
Sep 8, 2022
CA Controller candidate Lanhee Chen on fiscal audits, Taiwan & Kobe Bryant
Lanhee Chen is a GOP fiscal policy expert long associated with the conservative Hoover Institute and familiar to voters from his regular...
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Jeff Burdick
Sep 8, 2022
Why most 2022 midterm forecasts collapsed so predictably
The job description of prognosticator is pretty straight forward, requiring just a single qualifier: To predict. Correctly. So what does...
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Jeff Burdick
Aug 18, 2022
Central Valley Congressional candidate Tom Patti: 5 Ambiens caused traffic accident
This past weekend, GOP Congressional candidate and current San Joaquin County Supervisor Tom Patti officially completed a one-year...
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Jeff Burdick
Aug 18, 2022
Sac Bee again on wrong warpath against extremist-tied Kevin Kiley
The best weapon journalists have against questionable politics is good, thoughtful journalism. But such an arrow is once again missing...
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Jeff Burdick
Jul 31, 2022
Midterm roundup: Kiley fundraising off concerns about radical associations
Friday night, South Carolina’s capital newspaper The State reported House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) swung by that state GOP’s...
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Jeff Burdick
Jul 31, 2022
Obituary for Sacramento Bee election coverage
The Washington Post has the most memorable and consequential motto in journalism: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Adopted in 2017, the...
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Jeff Burdick
Jul 12, 2022
Kurinsky-Malos on managing hot CA-3 House race in momentous times
A 25-year-old Oregon native, Michaela Kurinsky-Malos has worked every election cycle since 2016 including in Oregon, Washington, Illinois...
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Justin Ha
Jul 12, 2022
California College Republican on students, CRT & generational politics
Christian Lucia Hunter of Dixon, Calif., is the Northern Regional Director for the California College Republicans. After first attending...
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Justin Ha
Jun 24, 2022
Thanks for the memorabilia! Reno to host return of political collectibles convention next month
Covid threw a wrench into a lot of national convention schedules. So it may be with a sigh of relief for political memorabilia lovers...
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Jeff Burdick
Jun 9, 2022
Time for new Constitutional amendments? History says ‘yes’
Quick quiz: Last month marked the 30th anniversary of the most recent U.S. Constitutional amendment. What was it? Answer: The...
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Jeff Burdick
May 22, 2022
Roundup: Calif.’s Far Right flares up in U.S. Senate, House, Sacto Co. Sheriff races
Perhaps given how strongly blue California is, most media outlets give light, if any, coverage to how radicalized a large part of the...
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Irene Kao & Hatzune Aguilar
May 22, 2022
Latinx Voters key to Dems flipping Central Valley seats & keeping U.S. House
Irene Kao is executive director of Courage California, a statewide progressive organization uniting communities for progressive change,...
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