Midterm roundup & updates: Why the media apathy?
Many items in the following midterm election roundup remind me of a 1990s quote from former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. When asked...
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Nov. 13, 2022 – Vol. 3, Issue 5
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Jeff Burdick
- Feb 21, 2022
As Dems criticize Covid misinformation, many take Fox Corp. money
This article is part of SactoPolitico.com’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. For past pieces in the series, click here. Nothing...
Jeff Burdick
- Jan 7, 2022
Did U.S. Rep. Ami Bera cook his constituent service numbers?
In a Dec. 21 news release, U.S. Rep. Ami Bera announced he would run for re-election in California’s redesigned CA-6 Congressional...
Jeff Burdick
- Dec 15, 2021
Penultimate House map bring small, clarifying changes
Last Saturday, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission issued its last set of draft Congressional district boundaries for public...
Jeff Burdick
- Nov 26, 2021
Opioids, extremism & Sacramento Bee alligator arms
“Long-time” readers of the Sacto Politico (we are just 14 months old) know my brand of media criticism can seem sharpest toward the...
Jeff Burdick
- Nov 26, 2021
Can Sacto Progressives gain from House redistricting?
California is among the most progressive states in the U.S. This is reflected in Congress with 22 of the 96 members of the Congressional...
Jeff Burdick
- Nov 9, 2021
Analysis: Could GOP flip Ami Bera’s House seat? Yep.
EDITOR’S NOTE (Nov. 11): Last evening, the Citizens Redistricting Commission released its fourth version of maps. Much can still change...
Jeff Burdick
- Nov 4, 2021
Review of newest California Congressional map drafts
California’s draft Congressional maps are changing fast. Saturday, Sacto Politico published our first distillation of the first draft...
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 30, 2021
First Calif. House redistricting maps bring surprises
A small tremor rumbled through California politics this week when the state’s Citizens Redistricting Commission released its earliest...
Jeff Burdick
- Oct 24, 2021
Q3 fundraising winner: political industrial complex
At the federal level, the term “campaign fundraising” is a partial misnomer. That’s because the majority of such funds does little to run...
Jeff Burdick
- Jul 14, 2021
Marcela Mulholland talks Progressive polling & messages
Since the start of the year, South Florida native Marcela Mulholland has served as political director for Data for Progress, a...
Jeff Burdick
- Jun 28, 2021
Sacramento’s political age of the aged in Congress
Last week, California marked the 88th birthday of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) with both congratulations and public exultations to...
Jeff Burdick
- Apr 14, 2021
Sacto Metro House members largely mum on infrastructure
Two weeks ago, President Joe Biden proposed his eight-year $2.3 trillion “American Jobs Plan.” This would be the largest infrastructure...
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...
Jeff Burdick
- Dec 15, 2020
S/P OpEd follow-up: Campaign coffers for common good?
This story is part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. Maine’s unsuccessful Senate candidate Sara Gideon made...
Jeff Burdick
- Nov 5, 2020
As Opioid Crisis raged, companies gave Matsui $125K
When speaking of the “shame of our campaigns,” no episode in the last decade should disgust more than the federal response to the Opioid...
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
- 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
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