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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Election 2008</title>
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		<title>Both sides still paying Prop 11 debts</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/01/30/both-sides-still-paying-prop-11-debts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid other campaign finance news emerging today (Jerry Brown has scads of cash with which to run for governor in 2010! Jack O’Connell doesn’t!), it seems both sides are still paying down their bills from the battle over Proposition 11, the redistricting reform ballot measure approved by 51 percent of voters in November. Gov. Arnold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Record percentage of voters choose mail in June</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/14/records-number-votes-by-mail-in-june/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 June primary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debra Bowen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pitiful turnout in the California June primary election produced at least one notable statistic: The highest percentage of voters on record cast their ballots by mail rather than at the polls. Secretary of State Debra Bowen certified the election results and reported a 58.7 percent vote-by-mail rate, which topped the previous record of 46.9 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contra Costa GOP hosts &#8216;pundit night&#8217; on July 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 November election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three renowned California Republican political experts will speak on all things political at the Contra Costa Republican Party&#8217;s speaker series on July 15. Dan Schnur, a political science lecturer at UC Berkeley, (pictured on the right) is the former communications director for presumed GOP presidential nominee and Sen. John McCain and chief spokesman for former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanna a limo ride to the polls?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/05/29/wanna-a-limo-ride-to-the-polls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 June primary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting campaign strategy: Contra Costa Supervisor Federal Glover is offering free limo rides to the polls on Tuesday. Two voters per ride minimum, presumably to cut down on the carbon footprint of the limousine. Gee, turnout is supposed to be really low but do have to bribe people with fancy rides to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nunn responds to mailer criticisms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 22:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 June primary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contra Costa supervisor candidate Erik Nunn has reponded via email to my blog entry earlier today criticizing a mailer he funded that targets challenger and incumbent Supervisor Federal Glover. Here&#8217;s what Nunn had to say and I have also included at the bottom my return email: Lisa: As a property owner and Section 8 landlord [...]]]></description>
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		<title>False and misleading mailer targets Glover</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/05/29/false-and-misleading-mailer-targets-glover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 June primary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An opponent-funded campaign mailer (see images below) targeting Supervisor Federal Glover of Pittsburg contains major misstatements and false impressions. Erik Nunn of Oakley, one of five people running June 3 for the District 5 seat on the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, paid for the four-page glossy brochure. The Contra Costa Times periodically examines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McNerney to visit Mexico-California border</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/01/11/mcnerney-to-visit-mexico-california-border/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congressional district 11]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, will lead a two-day congressional trip to the border of California and Mexico on Sunday and Monday, where he will hear firsthand from federal border patrol agents about efforts to stem illegal border crossings and stop drug trafficking. The visit will include briefs, his staff said, on various aspects of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will trade beard for cash</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2007/11/28/will-trade-beard-for-cash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[GOP congressional hopeful Nicholas Gerber says he is already listening to his constituents. And they apparently prefer him clean-shaven. Gerber says folks are telling him to ditch the beard. &#8220;Polls even show that voters prefer candidates without beards,&#8221; Gerber says. But there&#8217;s no free shave for Republicans who can&#8217;t abide the sight of a 5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Dole endorses Assembly candidate Lloyd</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2007/11/14/bob-dole-endorses-assembly-candidate-lloyd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2007/11/14/bob-dole-endorses-assembly-candidate-lloyd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Endorsements don&#8217;t often get my attention; they&#8217;re usually predictable and ubiquitous. But here&#8217;s one that popped into my e-mail box this morning that may interest you: Ex-GOP presidential nominee and former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole will serve as the honorary campaign chairman for Republican Assembly District 15 candidate Judy Biviano Lloyd. Whether or not this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alameda County registrar messes up</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2007/10/30/alameda-county-registrar-messes-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2007/10/30/alameda-county-registrar-messes-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Alameda County Registrar of Voters mistakenly sent letters to 234,000 permanent absentee registered Republicans, Democrats and members of other parties advising them that they had failed to select a qualified political party for the Feb. 5 presidential primary election. The county meant to send the letter to about 60,000 voters permanent absentee voters registered [...]]]></description>
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