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Wolk Goes Down to Defeat Again

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 08, 2016
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Wolk Goes Down to Defeat Again

For the second Assembly election in a row, Dan Wolk was unable to overcome a number of factors and make i ...

For the second Assembly election in a row, Dan Wolk was unable to overcome a number of factors and make it to the general election. In 2014, he finished third behind eventual winner Bill Dodd and Rep ...

June 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Reading the Tea Leaves for Tuesday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 06, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Reading the Tea Leaves for Tuesday

It seems like this is a perpetual exercise locally, given that we don’t have polling to guide our way. T ...

It seems like this is a perpetual exercise locally, given that we don’t have polling to guide our way. These are my best guesses as to what is going to happen tomorrow night. City Council: From the ...

June 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Full Disclosure of Campaign Spending – An Antidote to Super PACs and Dark Money?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: June 06, 2016
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Full Disclosure of Campaign Spending – An Antidote to Super PACs and Dark Money?

By Leanna Sweha As independent expenditures (IEs) in the AD 4 race push $3 million, one candidate has cal ...

By Leanna Sweha As independent expenditures (IEs) in the AD 4 race push $3 million, one candidate has called for spending limits. Sounds great - but, as we discussed, the Supreme Court in Citizens Un ...

June 06, 2016
| by Leanna Sweha

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Support Yamada for Senate

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 05, 2016
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Support Yamada for Senate

by John Garamendi We are lucky to have many capable leaders who want to represent us in Sacramento. Servi ...

by John Garamendi We are lucky to have many capable leaders who want to represent us in Sacramento. Serving as your congressman in Washington, there’s a lot of coordination and overlap required to mak ...

June 05, 2016
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Saylor Becomes First to Reject IE Support for His Campaign

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2016
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Saylor Becomes First to Reject IE Support for His Campaign

While Cecilia Aguiar-Curry has disputed characterizations of her campaign being beholden to oil interests ...

While Cecilia Aguiar-Curry has disputed characterizations of her campaign being beholden to oil interests and fought back against accusations that she supported fracking, she has never repudiated the ...

June 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Women’s Caucus Attacks Senate Candidate Dodd on Leadership Claim

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 31, 2016
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Women’s Caucus Attacks Senate Candidate Dodd on Leadership Claim

We are a week away from the election and the battle over the 3rd Senate District is heating up with the N ...

We are a week away from the election and the battle over the 3rd Senate District is heating up with the National Women’s Political Caucus of California issuing a statement late Monday that strongly co ...

May 31, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Reflections on the 4th AD Race

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 29, 2016
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Reflections on the 4th AD Race

By Mark Kropp The local paper headlines, “No new surprises in Assembly District 3 debate.” Wrong number- ...

By Mark Kropp The local paper headlines, “No new surprises in Assembly District 3 debate.” Wrong number- it’s the 4th! The paper borrowed the story written by the neighboring towns reporter of a bland ...

May 29, 2016
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CORPORATE MONEY TRAIL: $2.1 Million From Corporate Special Interests Boosting Dodd’s Senate Campaign

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 27, 2016
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CORPORATE MONEY TRAIL: $2.1 Million From Corporate Special Interests Boosting Dodd’s Senate Campaign

Over $2.1 Million from Chevron, Big Tobacco and Corporate Special Interests are Boosting Bill Dodd's Camp ...

Over $2.1 Million from Chevron, Big Tobacco and Corporate Special Interests are Boosting Bill Dodd's Campaign for CA State Senate Interest groups spend millions backing Dodd's campaign, making State S ...

May 27, 2016
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Saylor Jumps into the IE Criticism

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2016
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Saylor Jumps into the IE Criticism

For the past week it was Assembly Candidates Dan Wolk and Cecilia-Aguiar Curry who sparred over independe ...

For the past week it was Assembly Candidates Dan Wolk and Cecilia-Aguiar Curry who sparred over independent expenditure contributions, with the Wolk campaign sending out a a press release accusing “oi ...

May 25, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Examining the Suddenly Interesting 4th AD Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 20, 2016
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Analysis: Examining the Suddenly Interesting 4th AD Race

It was interesting this week that both Dan Wolk and Mariko Yamada, in separate races and not supporting e ...

It was interesting this week that both Dan Wolk and Mariko Yamada, in separate races and not supporting each other, chose to fire back at essentially the same groups who are backing independent expend ...

May 20, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Aguiar-Curry Responds to Wolk Attack on Fracking and IEs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 19, 2016
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Aguiar-Curry Responds to Wolk Attack on Fracking and IEs

Two days after the Wolk campaign sent out a press release accusing “oil giants” of spending hundreds of t ...

Two days after the Wolk campaign sent out a press release accusing “oil giants” of spending hundreds of thousands in independent expenditures in support of his opponent, Winters Mayor Cecilia Aguiar-C ...

May 19, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Citizens United and Local Independent Expenditures

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: May 19, 2016
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Citizens United and Local Independent Expenditures

By Leanna Sweha Independent expenditure (IE) only committees - better known as ‘Super PACs’ - have spe ...

By Leanna Sweha Independent expenditure (IE) only committees - better known as ‘Super PACs’ - have spent gobs of money in the local legislative races. Clearly, Super PACs stand to impact the 2016 ...

May 19, 2016
| by Leanna Sweha

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Wolk and Yamada Push Back against Big Money Pushing into Respective Races

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2016
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Wolk and Yamada Push Back against Big Money Pushing into Respective Races

Exchange Between Wolk and Aguiar-Curry on Fracking Both the Senate and Assembly races have seen the push ...

Exchange Between Wolk and Aguiar-Curry on Fracking Both the Senate and Assembly races have seen the push of big money from oil, tobacco, EdVoice and other monied interests. And while Davis Mayor Dan ...

May 17, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Why I Am Running for Assembly

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 15, 2016
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Why I Am Running for Assembly

By Mark Kropp Where do I begin? My wife says with the Truth! I took on a New Year’s Resolution a while ba ...

By Mark Kropp Where do I begin? My wife says with the Truth! I took on a New Year’s Resolution a while back to start running 5Ks. Good health and all; plus, it’s run slash walk. A walk in the park? (a ...

May 15, 2016
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My View: The Legislative Races Are Finally Getting More Interesting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2016
| (41) Comments

My View: The Legislative Races Are Finally Getting More Interesting

Earlier this week, the Vanguard gave its race projections, seeing Bill Dodd as the favorite to win the st ...

Earlier this week, the Vanguard gave its race projections, seeing Bill Dodd as the favorite to win the state Senate race and Dan Wolk and Charlie Schaupp as the most likely to emerge in the Assembly r ...

May 14, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Independent Expenditures and “Independence” in Local Legislative Races

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: May 13, 2016
| (1) Comment

Independent Expenditures and “Independence” in Local Legislative Races

by Leanna Sweha Independent expenditures (IEs) in local legislative races seem to be fueling a belief tha ...

by Leanna Sweha Independent expenditures (IEs) in local legislative races seem to be fueling a belief that there is no real “independence” between IE committees and the candidates they support. Republ ...

May 13, 2016
| by Leanna Sweha

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Analysis: IE and Comments by Republican Candidate Make Assembly Race Suddenly Interesting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 10, 2016
| (27) Comments

Analysis: IE and Comments by Republican Candidate Make Assembly Race Suddenly Interesting

In a race devoid of a ton of money and energy, a half million dollar independent expenditure (IE) by cons ...

In a race devoid of a ton of money and energy, a half million dollar independent expenditure (IE) by conservative groups like EdVoice and the oil and real estate industries figured to shake things up. ...

May 10, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: With One Month Left, Nishi Battle Stands Out in Boring Election Cycle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 08, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: With One Month Left, Nishi Battle Stands Out in Boring Election Cycle

Usually the Davis City Council election has been the punctuation on a two year cycle – with contentious r ...

Usually the Davis City Council election has been the punctuation on a two year cycle – with contentious races in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014 helping to shape the direction of the city. This time, ...

May 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: EdVoice with an IE for Dodd; Educational Reform Group Has Ties to Vergara Suit and Walmart

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2016
| (13) Comments

Analysis: EdVoice with an IE for Dodd; Educational Reform Group Has Ties to Vergara Suit and Walmart

Had it been any other entity, the emergence of mailings on behalf of Bill Dodd on the environment and his ...

Had it been any other entity, the emergence of mailings on behalf of Bill Dodd on the environment and his overall record may not have even budged the needle. But the fact that this is EdVoice is a di ...

May 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Funding Our Infrastructure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 30, 2016
| (6) Comments

Funding Our Infrastructure

By Gabe Griess I have an idea, let's unleash our economy with massive infrastructure expansion and replac ...

By Gabe Griess I have an idea, let's unleash our economy with massive infrastructure expansion and replacement. Rebuilding roads, bridges, expanding commuter rail, connecting all houses and businesses ...

April 30, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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