California Progressives step back in ADEM elections
Earlier this month, the California Democratic Party completed its 2021 election of district-level delegates to the state party central...
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Nov. 13, 2022 – Vol. 3, Issue 5
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Jeff Burdick
- Feb 5, 2021
Where are extreme Aug. 1 rally speakers today?
On Aug. 1, 2020, on the steps of the California Capitol, the far-right “Rescue America Rally” gathered hundreds of angry Trump supporters...
Jeff Burdick
- Feb 5, 2021
Growing Rancho Cordova gets younger, more Progressive
To hear most Democratic residents of Rancho Cordova explain it, Rancho Cordova is a politically conservative to moderate municipality. “I...
Jeff Burdick
- Feb 5, 2021
Despite some erosion, Citrus Heights stays GOP country
Citrus Heights is known for its mall and to a much lesser degree an amusing intersection where Sunrise (Boulevard) implausibly meets...
Jeff Burdick
- Jan 19, 2021
Sacramento Progressives quietly sent $2.3M outside area
During the 2019-2020 election cycle, Sacramento County residents donated a surprising $2.3 million at the federal level to Progressive...
Jeff Burdick
- Jan 19, 2021
As Trump leaves, Sacramento GOP becomes Black Box
Tomorrow on the final day of the Trump Administration, the central committee of the Sacramento County GOP is scheduled to choose its...
Jeff Burdick
- Jan 19, 2021
Sacramento’s riot of heated rhetoric included Sac Bee
Many thanks to the Sacramento News & Review (SNR) last week running most of my OpEd about inflammatory local rhetoric that blemished the...
Jeff Burdick
- Jan 5, 2021
In pandemic, College Democrats adapt, stay active
Last year challenged all Americans, not least among them college students. The pandemic threw their college plans and coursework into...
Jeff Burdick
- Jan 5, 2021
Folsom’s Blues: Sliding into swing territory
In the 2020 general election, Sacramento County reached its highest voter participation level (82.6%) since 1964, but outpacing every...
Andrés Ramos
- Jan 5, 2021
Candidate for DPSC Chair: Andrés Ramos
Editor’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 Stafford
- Jan 5, 2021
Candidate for DPSC Chair: Tracie Stafford
Editor’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 Burdick
- Dec 15, 2020
What’s your favorite political book, movie or TV show?
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...
Jeff Burdick
- Dec 2, 2020
S/P Q&A: Sacramento Co. Supervisor-elect Rich Desmond
In little more than a month, Carmichael resident Rich Desmond will be sworn in to replace retiring Sacramento County Supervisor Susan...
Jeff Burdick
- Dec 2, 2020
2020 presidential vote by Sacramento communities
It’s no exaggeration to call the 2020 general election historic. Statistically, it featured Sacramento County’s highest voter turnout...
Jeff Burdick
- Nov 16, 2020
What should Sacramento Dems learn from Co. Board loss?
Coming into the 2020 election cycle, area Democrats coveted flipping Supervisory District 3 of the Sacramento County Board. Republican...
Jeff Burdick
- Nov 16, 2020
S/P Q&A: Sacto Council Member-elect Katie Valenzuela
Sacramento’s biggest 2020 electoral story was the upset victory by Katie Valenzuela in the Sacramento’s City Council District 4 race. Her...
Jeff Burdick
- Nov 5, 2020
How Ami Bera dropped $1M in cash without really trying
U.S. Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) has spent more than $1.1 million this cycle but without facing any major opposition. So what did he spend it on?
Jeff Burdick
- Nov 5, 2020
Update: Buzz Patterson’s Dereliction of Duty
Editor’s update: As of 8/17/21, the FEC still reports receiving none of Patterson’s overdue filings covering a year of fundraising in the...
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 13, 2020
Treasurer: Patterson fails to report $300K in donations
Sacramento Republican candidate for Congress Buzz Patterson has failed to report any of its campaign fundraising and spending as required by
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 9, 2020
Patterson’s endorsers largely silent on far-right ties
For the past week, The Sacto Politico has reached out to 13 different endorsers of the Patterson campaign. Only three reaffirmed their...
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