Most California election cycles find the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) in the news opposing another statewide ballot effort...

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?

With the 2020 elections over, staunch politicos now turn to the 2022 primaries. Too early, you say? Money never sleeps, and the same...

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

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.

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.