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		<title>Big SF fundraiser planned for John Garamendi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Democrats are bringing out some heavy hitters to raise money for Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, as he seeks re-election in the newly drawn 3rd Congressional District. Several Republicans have declared candidacy there, but the National Republican Congressional Committee has named Colusa County Supervisor Kim Dolbow Vann, 36, of Arbuckle, as its “Young Gun” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early cash winners emerge in East Bay races</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/02/02/early-cash-winners-emerge-in-east-bay-races/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Assembly election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The money race in East Bay state legislative contests reveals a handful of early leaders in the open seats, according to campaign finance reports filed this week. Democrat and Oakley Mayor Jim Frazier, one of five declared candidates in the new open Assembly District 11 seat, substantially out-raised his opponents by threefold as of Dec. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fundraising, voter reg look good for McNerney</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/31/fundraising-voter-reg-look-good-for-mcnerney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Congressional Election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton – who’s running in the newly drawn 9th Congressional District – raised $250,974 and spent $86,847.58 in the fourth quarter, finishing 2011 with $780,339.54 cash on hand and no debts. Republican challenger Ricky Gill, 24, of Lodi – whom the National Republican Congressional Committee in August named a “Young Gun” for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New 15th House District fundraising reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Congressional Election]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=18708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’d reported here weeks ago that former Obama Administration Ro Khanna of Fremont raised an eye-popping $1.2 million in the last quarter of 2011, his first quarter of raising money to run for the 15th Congressional District seat – even though he says he won’t challenge incumbent fellow Democrat Rep. Pete Stark and so probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emken names team to bankroll her run vs. DiFi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 U.S. Senate election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dianne Feinstein]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican candidate Elizabeth Emken of Danville today rolled out the finance committee members she hopes will help her raise the wherewithal to take on U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein this year. “Last week, Elizabeth kicked off her campaign and received very enthusiastic support from around California. Since then, we&#8217;ve put together some of the state&#8217;s most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama to raise funds in SF on Feb. 16</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/27/president-obama-to-raise-funds-in-sf-on-feb-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=18676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will be in San Francisco to raise campaign funds on Thursday, Feb. 16. There’ll be a reception at a location yet to be named (when he did something like this last April, it was at the Masonic Auditorium on Nob Hill), featuring a performance by Grammy-winning performer Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inside VP Joe Biden&#8217;s San Francisco fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/18/inside-vp-joe-bidens-san-francisco-fundraiser/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/18/inside-vp-joe-bidens-san-francisco-fundraiser/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just sent the White House my pool report on Vice President Joe Biden’s fundraising luncheon in San Francisco’s financial district. Read the full report, after the jump… Vice President Joe Biden was only slightly late arriving at the fundraising luncheon in the Bently Reserve, a former Federal Reserve Bank building converted into a conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Amend 2012&#8242; launched to reverse Citizens United</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/17/amend-2012-launched-to-reverse-citizens-united/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/17/amend-2012-launched-to-reverse-citizens-united/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A national good-government watchdog group is launching a coast-to-coast campaign to have voters urge Congress to reverse the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and limit political spending by amending the U.S. Constitution. Common Cause’s “Amend 2012” campaign will aim to place initiatives on this November’s ballots – either by gathering petition signatures or through legislative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VP Joe Biden in San Francisco next week</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/11/vp-joe-biden-in-san-francisco-next-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/11/vp-joe-biden-in-san-francisco-next-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=18481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden will be in San Francisco next Wednesday for a fundraising luncheon, the first of three events which eventually will bring the First Lady and President Obama to town later this quarter. The Jan. 18 luncheon at the Bently Reserve on Battery Street will cost $2,500 per person, or $5,000 for admission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House candidate might&#8217;ve set fundraising record</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/07/house-candidate-mightve-set-fundraising-record/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/07/house-candidate-mightve-set-fundraising-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Congressional Election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former Obama Administration official from Fremont has achieved a rare milestone by raising more than $1.2 million for a House campaign in a single quarter – a full election cycle ahead of when he says he’s actually likely to run. Ro Khanna, 35, a Democrat, isn’t filing his fourth-quarter campaign finance report with the [...]]]></description>
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