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...
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Nov. 13, 2022 – Vol. 3, Issue 5
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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...
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 9, 2020
Ex-‘hate group’ strategist trained GOP candidate’s team
In July, Republican Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson hosted a former national strategist from one of the largest purported hate groups
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 9, 2020
Why we published Patterson scoops
This package exposes a surprising number of far-right connections by a major-party-endorsed candidate for Congress (Buzz Patterson, CA-7).
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 1, 2020
October surprise: Progressives now tops in Dem party
Watershed elections are rare. Even rarer are watersheds of which the chief beneficiaries are unaware. This appears the case for...
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 1, 2020
Update: Bee finally covers political extremism, sort of
A 1,500-word story represents quite a dedication of time and effort, but it’s ultimately Sacramento readers who were the most shortchanged.
Chris Yatooma
- Oct 1, 2020
Candidate Essay: Improving are voc-ed offerings
Vocational education offerings must be expanded to meet needs in Sacramento County and
El Dorado counties.
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 1, 2020
By the Numbers: Elk Grove & new city council districts
Political demographic information for Elk Grove, California.
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 1, 2020
Watching 2020 political ads. A review.
Styles in political advertising change slowly. Watch most current negative ads, and you’ll likely see the same decades-old...
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 1, 2020
A further note on S+W Benchmark Accuracy
A further note on S+W Benchmark Accuracy
Jeff Burdick
- Sep 15, 2020
Welcome to SactoPolitico.com
The inspiration for this site was to address the increasing lack of quality local political coverage that’s essential to democracy.
Jeff Burdick
- Sep 15, 2020
Why did Sacto media cover extremist rally but not the extremism?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aug. 1 on the steps of the California’s state capitol, the state GOP-endorsed Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson...
Jeff Burdick
- Sep 11, 2020
Can Biden produce permanent campaign finance reform?
Even though Biden will have raised more than $1 billion, I can still see a scenario in which he takes up campaign finance in earnest.
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