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...

Sacramento Republican candidate for Congress Buzz Patterson has failed to report any of its campaign fundraising and spending as required by

For the past week, The Sacto Politico has reached out to 13 different endorsers of the Patterson campaign. Only three reaffirmed their...

In July, Republican Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson hosted a former national strategist from one of the largest purported hate groups

This package exposes a surprising number of far-right connections by a major-party-endorsed candidate for Congress (Buzz Patterson, CA-7).

Watershed elections are rare. Even rarer are watersheds of which the chief beneficiaries are unaware. This appears the case for...

A 1,500-word story represents quite a dedication of time and effort, but it’s ultimately Sacramento readers who were the most shortchanged.

Vocational education offerings must be expanded to meet needs in Sacramento County and El Dorado counties.

Political demographic information for Elk Grove, California.

Styles in political advertising change slowly. Watch most current negative ads, and you’ll likely see the same decades-old...

A further note on S+W Benchmark Accuracy

The inspiration for this site was to address the increasing lack of quality local political coverage that’s essential to democracy.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aug. 1 on the steps of the California’s state capitol, the state GOP-endorsed Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson...

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.