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		<title>Joe Biden in SF June 17 to raise money for Dems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Bay Area later this month to raise money for the Democratic National Committee. Biden is set to headline a breakfast on Monday, June 17, at the home of Doug Hickey, 58, – CEO of BinWise, former managing director at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, and former CEO of Critical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama returning to Silicon Valley in two weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will return to the Bay Area on Thursday, June 6 for a pair of pricey fundraisers to help U.S. Senate Democrats keep their majority in next year’s midterm elections. Tickets for a 5 p.m. reception at the Palo Alto home of Mike McCue – who helped found tech companies including Paper Software, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California could be cash cow for Brian Schweitzer</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/26/california-could-be-cash-cow-for-brian-schweitzer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=22910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer considers whether to run for the U.S. Senate seat from which fellow Democrat Max Baucus will retire next year, you can be sure that Californians and Schweitzer are preparing to rekindle their campaign-finance romance. While running for his second gubernatorial term in 2008, Schweitzer raised at least $137,000 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi to headline Eric Swalwell&#8217;s fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/16/pelosi-to-headline-eric-swalwells-fundraiser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2014 primary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone who saw the item I posted earlier today about Rep. Eric Swalwell’s first-quarter fundraising prowess has just shared information that seems to cement the notion that the freshman has been embraced by the very Democratic machine that opposed him last year: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will be headlining his fundraiser in May. Tickets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swalwell raised big money in 2013&#8242;s first quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=22783</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the Bay Area’s House freshmen was among the region&#8217;s top fundraisers in the first quarter of 2013, according to newly filed Federal Election Commission reports. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Pleasanton, raised $262,810 in the first three months of the year, leaving him with $222,932 cash on hand as of March 31. On its face, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CA17: Honda raises $214k, Khanna holds 1st rally</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/15/ca17-honda-raises-214k-khanna-holds-1st-rally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of his well-bankrolled challenger’s campaign kickoff rally this weekend, Rep. Mike Honda announced Monday that he raised about $214,000 in this year’s first quarter toward his 2014 re-election campaign. Honda, D-San Jose, faces a challenge in the 17th Congressional District from fellow Democrat Ro Khanna of Fremont, a former Obama administration Commerce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New details on President Obama&#8217;s Bay Area visit</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/18/new-details-on-president-obamas-bay-area-visit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More details are now available on President Obama’s first visit to the Bay Area since he won his second term – a fundraising junket to benefit Democratic campaigns in next year’s midterm elections. The president will arrive in the Bay Area on Wednesday, April 3 for two events that evening in San Francisco to benefit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama coming to Bay Area for Dem fundraisers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/14/obama-coming-to-bay-area-for-dem-fundraisers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will headline his first Democratic fundraiser for 2014&#8242;s midterm election right here in the Bay Area next month. The April 3 fundraiser in San Francisco will raise money for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. According to an invitation obtained by The Associated Press, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will also attend. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kamala Harris names Oakland attorney to FPPC</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/11/kamala-harris-names-oakland-attorney-to-fppc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Oakland attorney has been named to California’s political watchdog agency by state Attorney General Kamala Harris. Eric Casher, 34, will serve a four-year term on the Fair Political Practices Commission. Casher practices law at Meyers Nave in Oakland; he serves on the boards of the California Bar Foundation and the Charles Houston Bar Association, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Californians might weigh in on Citizens United</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/21/californians-might-weigh-in-on-citizens-united/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/21/californians-might-weigh-in-on-citizens-united/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An East Bay Assemblyman wants Californians to vote on whether the state’s congressional delegation should push for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow new limits on political contributions and spending. AB 644 by Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, calls for a November 2014 ballot measure in which voters could instruct members of Congress [...]]]></description>
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