GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly launched a blistering attack accusing Republican rival Neel Kashkari of associating with fundamentalist Islamic law. “BREAKING: Neel Kashkari supported the United States submitting to the
The resignation of Mozilla’s CEO amid outrage that he supported an anti-gay marriage campaign is prompting concerns about how Silicon Valley’s strongly liberal culture might quash the very openness that
Kittens, puppies and the San Diego skyline have made appearances in the mailboxes of voters this year as candidates and their supporters dig deep, and sometimes misstep, in their efforts
Her name isn’t on the ballot, but Manorama Joshi has suddenly become one of the most intriguing people in the Bay Area’s hottest congressional race this year. The Newark woman
(03-28) 10:33 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — State Sen. Leland Yee dropped his candidacy for California secretary of state on Thursday, but made no move to vacate his Senate seat, leaving
A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleged that Democrat Ro Khanna, who is running to unseat seven-term Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) and represent California’s 17th District, recruited two Republican candidates to split
State Sen. Leland Yee was arrested on corruption and firearms trafficking charges yesterday, as part of an extensive FBI operation that netted 26 people across the Bay Area. Yee, a
Democratic congressional candidate Ro Khanna recruited two last-minute Republican candidates to split the GOP vote and restore his position as the top challenger to Silicon Valley U.S. Rep. Mike Honda,
Nobody should be surprised that Rand Paul got so warm a welcome Wednesday, even in a city whose name is often preceded in conversation by “The People’s Republic of…” After
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
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.
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
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
California Republicans Face Internal Rifts At State Convention. Continue reading this article at KPIX 5
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.
The two main GOP candidates for governor, Tim Donnelly and Neel Kashkari, aggressively wooed delegates at their party’s state convention Saturday, despite party leaders’ tactical decision to focus on down-ticket
The two main GOP candidates for governor, Tim Donnelly and Neel Kashkari, aggressively wooed delegates at their party’s state convention Saturday, despite party leaders’ tactical decision to focus on down-ticket
Delegates arriving at this weekend’s California Republican Party convention Friday seemed as determined as mountaineers at the base of K2 — but still searching for a sturdy climbing rope. The
The California Republican Convention begins this weekend in Burlingame with the theme “rebuild, renew, reclaim.” With Democratic Governor Jerry Brown boasting high approval ratings, Republicans face a tough road in
Talking Politics: Who’s Got It Better Than Jerry Brown? Nobody. Continue reading this article at KPIX 5
In anticipation of this weekend’s California Republican convention in Sacramento, we give you “Jeopardy – the GOP Edition.” Our Final Jeopardy answer: “Bobby Jindal, Harmeet Dhillon, Neel Kashkari.” Continue reading
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will be the keynote speaker Mar. 20 at the San Francisco Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner. Haley – the nation’s first Indian American woman
Mounting his third straight bid to unseat Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, John Dennis likes to jest that if he and his fellow San Francisco Republicans were a species,
Venezuelan-American actress Maria Conchita Alonso stepped into a firestorm of controversy – and employment law issues – earlier this month agter endorsing Tea Party darling Assemblyman Tim Donnelly for governor
Brows were raised and eyes rolled back when needle exchange programs were first implemented to stop the spread of disease. Giving away free and clean syringes to heroin users seemed
SALDEF held its National Gala “United We Stand” here Oct. 12. Past awardees, government officials, and guests joined supporters from across the country to recognize the progress that the Indian
One in seven Americans receives food stamps and on Friday, those benefits will drop. A small protest outside the federal building in Oakland Thursday highlighted a major crisis looming for
It’s easy to see why Palo Alto physicist Charles Munger Jr. got several standing ovations at this month’s California Republican Party convention. After tossing more than $1.5 million into state
As we heard earlier, even with a possible government shutdown looming tonight over the fate of the health care law, one thing won’t change: Money to implement the law has
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
A lot of the readers of this blog remember the April 2011 CRA Convention. The fallout has been occurring since then – including the Placer GOP Cent Com election in
A lot of the readers of this blog remember the April 2011 CRA Convention. The fallout has been occurring since then – including the Placer GOP Cent Com election in
It’s not a surprise that the California Republican Party is, ahem, a bit out of step with the mainstream of the state (you see a lot of Repubs holding statewide
Given its dismal performance in the last elections, one would think that California’s GOP would be looking for any way possible to expand its base: Continue reading this article at
Ace political reporter Carla Marinucci of the San Francisco Chronicle lists 10 California politicians to watch in 2013, some of whom are well-known statewide or nationally, and a few who
During the 2011 election cycle, a mystery: A campaign sign uprooted from Chuck Bernstein’s front yard. A cellphone dropped nearby, reported to the Menlo Park police. A phone that, according
There were about a hundred people at the official San Francisco Republican Party election night event. Most of the men were dressed in suits and many women were wearing red
Harmeet Dhillon was born in Chandigarh, India, the daughter of a Sikh physician and the granddaughter of a four-star general in the Indian Air Force. Now she’s making her mark
Dhillon is a Republican running in San Francisco. If that doesn’t mean much to you, consider this: 9 percent of registered voters in San Francisco are Republican, and that number
President Barack Obama came to the Bay Area Wednesday evening for a series of campaign fundraisers. He went to Atherton, Redwood City, and then will spend the night in San
A Northern California man won his battle for a job: All it took was six years and $500,000 of taxpayer money. When Trilochan Oberoi applied for a job as a
California has settled a lawsuit filed by a man who was barred from becoming a prison guard because he refused to shave the beard required by his Sikh religion, officials
If you write a newspaper article in San Francisco that rankles a political leader, the government can step in and punish you. That sounds like red meat for right-leaning forces
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says Congress wants to know what’s working. She met with a group of small business owners Thursday morning to go over suggestions for how to
KPFA appears to have a Republican activist, and a high-profile one at that. She is Harmeet K. Dhillon, chair of the GOP in San Francisco and an innovative political strategist.
A few highlights: “If I were king for a day, I would eliminate the teachers’ union” “I think that there are a lot of Democrats that are anti-immigrant” Continue reading
Harmeet Dhillon has the loneliest job in politics: chairwoman of the Republican Party in San Francisco, a very liberal city that former California GOP leader Ron Nehring described as “just
President Barack Obama was in the Bay Area to meet with the nation’s high tech brain trust and perhaps shore-up their all-important support. He had dinner in Woodside at the
Dhillon and Smith founding partner Harmeet Dhillon is going to lead the Republican Party in San Francisco as she has been elected as chair of the San Francisco Republican party’s
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