California Republican Party 2014 Spring Convention builds on momentum
The California Republican Party (CRP) is finally on the comeback trail. After hitting rock bottom in 2012, the CRP conventions resembled a morgue except with less excitement. Those pointless weekend gatherings might as well be a lifetime ago. The Spring 2014 California GOP Convention had...
Democrats scrap affirmative action amendment
Bowing to pressure from within their party, Democrats in the Legislature on Monday abandoned an attempt to repeal California's voter-approved ban on affirmative action in the state's higher education system. Assembly Speaker John Perez said he does not have enough support to place the constitutional...
Hopefuls intent on beating Brown
A conservative state assemblyman and gun rights enthusiast was the crowd favorite among the party faithful on Sunday as the Republican candidates seeking to challenge Gov. Jerry Brown for the governorship addressed delegates at the state party's convention in the Bay Area and promised to...
California GOP halts orgy of panic
Even though it was in Burlingame, one might have expected the California Republican Party's weekend convention to feel a bit like the last days of Pompeii. The Dems hold every statewide office and control both houses of the Legislature. Still, GOP Chairman Jim Brulte managed...
California Republicans Face Internal Rifts At State Convention
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State GOP pins hopes for renewal on local races
When Jim Brulte, chair of the California Republican Party, was asked this weekend whether his embattled party could win a single statewide office in 2014, he refused to predict victory. "This is a party that, whether we like it or not, has been in decline...