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		<title>Potential House rivals to share podium at dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Butter the popcorn and get ready for some interesting viewing: Potential rivals for an East Bay House seat will share the podium at a Democratic Party event next month in Hayward. State Treasurer Bill Lockyer – who’s had a tough year of his own – is scheduled to keynote the Eden Area United Democratic Campaign’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is NRCC still targeting Jerry McNerney?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a good laugh from an e-mail I received yesterday morning from the National Republican Congressional Committee. “Today, the National Republican Congressional Committee is welcoming Jerry McNerney back to Washington with a plan he won’t be able to resist: the House Democrats’ Retirement Package. This is an incredible offer for the California Democrat. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garamendi raising funds to pay off campaign debt</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/07/garamendi-raising-funds-to-pay-off-campaign-debt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a hard-fought re-election race done, Rep. John Garamendi needs more money to pay off his campaign debts. Garamendi, D-Fairfield, will hold a fundraising luncheon Monday at an Italian restaurant in South San Francisco, seeking from $500 to $2,500 per person. Garamendi fended off a challenge from Colusa County Supervisor Kim Vann, a Republican, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 observations at the end of this election week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=21447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1.) One party’s strategy this year involved getting far more people to vote, while another’s seemed to involve having fewer people vote; the more democratic approach prevailed. 2.) Meg should’ve told Mitt: Money helps, but it ain’t everything. 3.) It’s not just W who calls Karl Rove “turd blossom” now; a lot of rich, anonymous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few more thoughts on Pete Stark&#8217;s defeat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve posted my story for tomorrow&#8217;s print editions on how Rep. Pete Stark’s defeat marks both the end of an era and, probably, the start of another Democrat-on-Democrat race for the 15th Congressional District in 2014. Here’s a few final thoughts for which there wasn&#8217;t room in that story, but which seem noteworthy nonetheless. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your state and Bay Area House-race roundup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All in all, it was a dismal night for Republicans in California House races. Of the 11 California House races deemed competitive by the renowned Cook Political Report, Democrats won seven outright and are on top in two too-close-to-call other races. Another way of slicing and dicing it: All of the three endangered Democratic incumbents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pete Stark issues statement on loss to Swalwell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont, who lost his seat in this election to fellow Democrat Eric Swalwell, issued this statement by e-mail a few minutes ago: &#8220;It has been my honor to serve the people of the East Bay for the last 40 years. I have worked hard to deliver results: accomplishments like writing the COBRA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 things for the GOP to consider in California</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.) Learn to choose better battles. Every cycle, the National Republican Congressional Committee tells us that Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, is among the nation’s most vulnerable House Democrats; every cycle, he proves otherwise. In 2008, with a 1-point voter registration disadvantage, he won by 10 percentage points; in 2010, with a .32-point voter-registration disadvantage, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2012 open thread</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/06/election-2012-open-thread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, have at it in the comments, readers &#8211; just remember to keep it clean, and avoid personal attacks on each other.]]></description>
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		<title>Some inspirational words for Election Day</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/06/some-inspirational-words-for-election-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Assembly election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some words of inspiration for those who still haven’t cast a ballot today: “Impress upon children the truth that the exercise of the elective franchise is a social duty of as solemn a nature as man can be called to perform; that a man may not innocently trifle with his vote; that every elector is [...]]]></description>
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