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		<title>Emken finishes with no debt, DiFi with big victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Emken, the unsuccessful Republican challenger to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in last month’s election, announced today that she finished her campaign without any debt. Emken, of Danville, said her final financial report shows her campaign raised $1,112,077.53, with more than 10,000 donors contributing $100 or less. Final Secretary of State records show Emken receiving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emken lost big to DiFi, but not as big as others</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/07/emken-lost-big-to-difi-but-not-as-big-as-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve gotta give this to Elizabeth Emken of Danville – although she lost her race against U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein by almost 23 percentage points, she still had a better showing than any Republican has against Feinstein in a loooong time. With some ballots still yet to be counted, Emken finished with 38.6 percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2012 open thread</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>STOP READING THIS BLOG AND GO VOTE!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Election Day – get out there and vote, if you haven’t already! California’s polls are open today from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you haven’t put your vote-by-mail ballot in the mail yet, DON’T – it won’t be counted unless it reaches the registrar’s office by 8 p.m. tonight, and postmarks don’t matter. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dianne Feinstein launches campaign ad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s re-election campaign is airing a television ad – not that it really needs to. The campaign says the ad will be airing in all of California&#8217;s major media markets. That requires the kind of moolah that Feinstein’s Republican challenger, Elizabeth Emken of Danville, just doesn’t seem to have. That’s not to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feinstein&#8217;s foe is in the red, FEC report shows</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/16/feinsteins-foe-is-in-the-red-fec-report-shows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No surprise, but U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein once again has far outstripped her opponent in campaign fundraising, according to reports filed yesterday with the Federal Election Commission for July 1 through Sept. 30. Feinstein, D-Calif., raised $924,768 and spent $494,884 in the third quarter of 2012, and had $3,328,842 cash on hand as of Sept. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your political singalong: &#8216;Akin Breakin&#8217; Heart&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(To the tune of “Achy Breaky Heart” by Billy Ray “Father of Miley” Cyrus:) Go and tell Missouri, and tell Governor Romney I’m not droppin’ out of this campaign And tell Claire McCaskill, that Democratic rascal She’d better not be popping that champagne I was asked about abortion, so I served up a portion Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No fundraising boom for Emken&#8217;s Senate campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/20/no-fundraising-boom-for-emkens-senate-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Emken’s success in the June 5 primary didn’t translate into a big fundraising boom for her, her latest report to the Federal Election Commission shows. Emken, 49, of Danville, bested 22 other candidates to finish second behind U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in the June 5 primary; Feinstein got 49.3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DiFi hosting fundraiser tonight for Senate Dems</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, though her campaign was the victim of a tremendous embezzlement, seems unconcerned enough about her own re-election race that she’s hosting a fundraiser tonight mostly for other Democratic Senate candidates. The 6:30 p.m. reception and 7 p.m. dinner tonight at her home in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood will benefit the [...]]]></description>
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