Jim Brulte reelected California Republican Party chairman
California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte, a former state legislator who took over the party at a low point two years ago, was overwhelmingly reelected to another term on Sunday. Brulte assumed control of a party badly in need of rebuilding. In addition to holding...
Chris Christie Speaks at California GOP Convention
The California GOP kicked off their three-day Spring Convention at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Sacramento. The party invited Governor Chris Christie (R-New Jersey) to be the special guest speaker for the luncheon on Saturday. "He has been able to beat Democrats and has been able to fight...
California Republicans gather for biannual convention
Hundreds of California Republican leaders and their guests gathered Friday in Sacramento for their biannual convention, with plans to celebrate their legislative victories in 2014 that blocked Democratic supermajorities in the Legislature and to hear from a potential 2016 presidential candidate. New Jersey Gov. Chris...
California GOP alive, but struggling for a vision
California Republicans achieved their modest goals last year of preventing Democrats from securing a two-thirds majority in both houses of the state Legislature and rescuing the party from debt. Those gains don't add up to a lot, but at least the party still has a...
Hillary Clinton, offered possible glimpse of presidential campaign, comes out swinging for women
Hillary Clinton offered a glimpse of what her 2016 campaign and presidential priorities would be — hypothetically, of course — while speaking at a Silicon Valley women’s conference Tuesday. Working for change and women’s progress “doesn’t have to be dramatic — you don’t have to...
Immigrant rights groups undeterred in wake of Texas court ruling
Determined Bay Area immigrant rights activists insisted Tuesday that a Texas judge’s ruling blocking President Obama’s executive action on immigration won’t deter them from assisting thousands in completing applications for extended visas. They also called the judge’s order a political act, and were optimistic that...