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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Assembly District 15</title>
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		<title>First all-woman delegation leads Contra Costa</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/22/first-all-woman-delegation-leads-contra-costa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women in politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Skinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Bonilla]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in Contra Costa County history, all three of its representatives in the California Assembly are women. That bucks state and national trends, where despite comprising slightly more than half the population, women make up less than a third of the California Legislature, 16 percent of the House of Representatives and 17 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AD15: Dems pump $1.4 million into race</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California Democratic Party and affiliated party central committees from throughout the state have dumped $1.42 million into the re-election bid of Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo. That compares with $648,372 from the California Republican Party on behalf of its nominee, San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson. The figures include contributions through the last reporting period of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AD15: Candidates face CCT ed board</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/20/ad15-candidates-face-cct-ed-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contra costa times editorial board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herb moniz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension spiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Ramon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I sat in on yesterday&#8217;s editorial board meetings with the two Assembly District 15 candidates, Democratic incumbent Joan Buchanan and GOP nominee and San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson. The editorial board members asking the questions included Times Publisher David Rounds, Editorial Page Editor Dan Hatfield and editorial writer and columnist Dan Borenstein. (I am not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Wilson torrent pours into AD15</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/12/anti-wilson-torrent-pours-into-ad15/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/12/anti-wilson-torrent-pours-into-ad15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calfiornia democratic party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herb moniz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Ramon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=13710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knew it was coming. The California Democratic Party and Democratic Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan unleashed a triple whammy this week against her opponent, GOP nominee and San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson. Television and radio ads hit the airwaves today and a brochure landed in mailboxes in the past few days. (See all three below.) All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AD15: Buchanan outraises Wilson</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/06/ad15-buchanan-outraises-wilson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic incumbent Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan substantially out-raised her Republican opponent, San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson, according to campaign reports filed Tuesday. Here are the totals: Buchanan: $896,075 in contributions; $620,630 in expenses; $387,656 cash in the bank; and $55,404 in debts. Wilson: $495,521 in contributions; $520,284 in expenses; $93,205 cash in the bank; and $15,415 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AD15: GOP drops cash on Wilson</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/09/27/ad15-gop-drops-cash-on-wilson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/09/27/ad15-gop-drops-cash-on-wilson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herb moniz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California Republican Party dropped a total of $142,000 today and Friday into the candidacy of GOP Assembly candidate Abram Wilson, according to state campaign filings of contributions in excess of $5,000. I&#8217;ve been wondering when someone was going to spend some money on this race, viewed as one of the most competitive of Assembly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AD15: Buchanan, Wilson spar today</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/09/10/ad15-buchanan-wilson-spar-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/09/10/ad15-buchanan-wilson-spar-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My able and esteemed colleague, Josh Richman, covered the first face-to-face appearance this election season of Assembly District 15 candidates Joan Buchanan and Abram Wilson. Read his story here. Buchanan, the Democratic incumbent, and GOP nominee Wilson, sparred in Alamo at an event sponsored by the Contra Costa Council. I was the moderator.]]></description>
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		<title>AD15: Wilson touts independence</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/08/02/ad15-wilson-touts-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=12763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GOP Assembly District 15 candidate Abram Wilson, also the mayor of San Ramon, is leaving campaign fliers around the district that may leave some voters confused. &#8220;Independent. Nonpartisan. Effective.&#8221; So reads Wilson&#8217;s mantra. Nowhere does he mention in the flier that he is a Republican. Democrats, who back incumbent Democratic Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan&#8217;s re-election bid, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign regulators warn Wilson</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/29/campaign-regulators-warn-wilson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/29/campaign-regulators-warn-wilson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Political Practices Commission]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=11039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The California campaign finance watchdog agency has issued a warning letter to GOP Assembly District 15 candidate and San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson for contribution violations related to his unsuccessful 2008 campaign. Wilson&#8217;s campaign treasurer had failed to report within 24 hours $475,000 in non-monetary contributions from the California Republican Party received on Sept. 17 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AD15: Wilson has slight fundraising lead</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/24/ad15-wilson-has-slight-fundraising-lead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/24/ad15-wilson-has-slight-fundraising-lead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly District 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abram Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June 2010 election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=10979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GOP Assembly District 15 primary candidate Abram Wilson is slightly ahead in the money contest against Democratic incumbent Joan Buchanan. Excluding a personal loan of $14,000, Wilson has collected $207,139 in contributions since Jan. 1, 2009, and has $119,891 in the bank as of March 17. Buchanan, who has not loaned her campaign money, raised [...]]]></description>
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