For one thing, the attorney from San Francisco is a Sikh, a member of a distinctive ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent. She worried that voters wouldn’t be receptive to
Paul Pelosi, the wealthy husband of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, said he will soon fully pay back wages he promised to employees of the Sacramento minor league football team
News of the young Sikh couple who were thrown out of an AMC Theater in Emeryville, Calif. on June 22 for possessing a kirpan, a religious article of faith, has
We have been constantly hearing – in the months following the Republican Party’s latest national and statewide electoral rejection – the GOP may be on the brink of irrelevance (especially
The thought of being a Republican voter, much less a Republican leader, in blue California may be unappealing to some. The state is completely run by Democrats, Republican voter registration
The California Republican Party must transform itself to appeal to the new demographics of the state, said attorney Harmeet Dhillon, who was elected vice-chair of the state party Mar. 3
There were more GLBT Republican delegates at this past week’s state party convention in Sacramento than ever. San Diego’s Republican delegation was led by Susan Jester (president of the local
Last weekend, the California Republican Party held its convention in Sacramento. As it was nearby and featured a speech by neutered bogeyman Karl Rove, I went to the event and
The first stop was the first of the aforementioned candidates’ parties. Harmeet Dhillon is now almost a household name in these parts. On the face of it, she was an
The 11th Commandment, according to the gospel of former President Ronald Reagan, is an unwritten rule in the Republican Party discouraging public attacks on other Republicans, particularly GOP candidates. “Thou shalt
San Francisco Republican Party Chair Harmeet Dhillon made history over the weekend. She became the first woman to be elected vice chair of the state GOP. A practicing Sikh of
As we walked through the bland doors of the Hyatt Regency, we had no idea what was waiting for us on the other side. Imagine for one moment a Turkish
The California Republican Party on Sunday elected Indian born Harmeet Dhillon as their vice chair, making her the first woman as well as first person of Indian origin to be elected
California Republicans have elected a former state lawmaker as party chairman and charged him with leading a major turnaround effort. More than 1,000 delegates on Sunday elected Jim Brulte to
Harmeet Dhillon, a lawyer from San Francisco, was elected to become the party’s statewide vice chairman. In a recent posting on Facebook, Dhillon was accused of sympathizing with terrorists by
SACRAMENTO — One of Jim Brulte’s first acts Sunday as the newly elected leader of the California Republican Party was to hand-deliver a $50,000 check from a friend, with the
California Republicans are at a crossroads. We need to take a good look in the mirror and be honest with ourselves. We have many values and traits as Republicans that
After the thrashing California Republicans took at the polls in November, we have our work cut out for us. We should start by being honest with ourselves. After every election,
It has been almost 4 years to the day when a small group of Americans came together to protest the explosion of our government. The lack of representation on both
I spoke with Harmeet last night and this morning. The ACLU comments in the CRA letter are a misrepresentation of who she is. She is a Sikh. She believes all
