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		<title>Bay Area election volunteers lauded</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/05/bay-area-election-volunteers-lauded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debra Bowen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Secretary of State Debra Bowen this week honored a pair of Santa Clara County polling-place volunteers who have been serving their community for decades. Rita Chavez Medina and Helen Garza have staffed the polls during elections in the last 60 and 52 years respectively, Bowen said. “Election after election, Rita and Helen have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garamendi, Bowen decry danger to mail-in ballots</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/13/garamendi-bowen-decry-danger-to-mail-in-ballots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, joined California Secretary of State Debra Bowen to testify to the state Legislature today about the danger that some impending U.S. Postal Service facility closures pose to the integrity of California’s vote. As I reported last month, Bowen contends the Postal Service’s proposed closure of around a dozen mail processing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farm Bureau endorses DiFi for re-election in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/04/28/farm-bureau-endorses-difi-for-re-election-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/04/28/farm-bureau-endorses-difi-for-re-election-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dianne Feinstein]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Demonstrating why U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is likely to keep her job as long as she wants it, the California Farm Bureau Federation today announced it’s endorsing her for re-election in 2012. “Farmers and ranchers are in the business of getting things done, and that’s one reason that we appreciate Senator Feinstein,” CFBF President Paul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Election Day holiday in California?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/04/07/an-election-day-holiday-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/04/07/an-election-day-holiday-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ballot measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debra Bowen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I talked this morning with Roy Benson, the Bay Area man whom Secretary of State Debra Bowen cleared this week to start circulating for petition signatures his ballot measure to make Election Day a state holiday every other year. “I’ve been working on this for many years, and its time to get the word out,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California electoral vote measure moves forward</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/03/california-electoral-vote-measure-moves-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ted Costa]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=15052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Debra Bowen today cleared conservative activist Ted Costa to start collecting petition signatures for a proposed ballot measure that, if approved by voters, would split California’s presidential Electoral College votes starting next year. California right now is a winner-take-all state: Whichever candidate wins the Golden State’s popular vote gets all 55 of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bowen: Contractor messed up voter guide mailing</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/08/06/bowen-contractor-messed-up-voter-guide-mailing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/08/06/bowen-contractor-messed-up-voter-guide-mailing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Hill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A contractor’s error was responsible for some Bay Area households never receiving their official state voters’ guides before the June 8 primary, Secretary of State Debra Bowen reports. In a letter sent yesterday to Assemblyman Jerry Hill, who’d contacted Bowen’s office after taking complaints from San Mateo County residents, Bowen said managers at Admail West, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One-stop shopping for Democratic candidates</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/02/02/one-stop-shopping-for-democratic-candidates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/02/02/one-stop-shopping-for-democratic-candidates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 governor's race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberto Torrico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Lockyer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lt. Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pedro Nava]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Torlakson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=10184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition of Bay Area Young Democrats, conjunction with the San Francisco Young Democrats, will host a massive candidates’ forum at 1 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 6 at the SEIU Local 87 hall, 240 Golden Gate Ave. in San Francisco. Free and open to the public, the forum aims to hear from, and give attendees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another candidate declares in CD-10</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/06/15/another-candidate-declares-in-cd-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congressional District 10]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Tauscher]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adriel Hampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Woods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Moy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=6942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With 11 candidates already declared or most likely in the field and a few more rumored to be mulling it over, the race to succeed Rep. Ellen Tauscher in the 10th Congressional District became an even dozen Monday with an entry from the “who’s that?” department. Self-described “soccer mom” Tiffany Attwood of Danville, a Democrat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Harmer in, Tom Del Beccaro out in CD-10</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/05/28/david-harmer-in-tom-del-beccaro-out-in-cd-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/05/28/david-harmer-in-tom-del-beccaro-out-in-cd-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 18:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Tauscher]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lisa had reported the possibility in April, but now it’s official: Republican attorney David Harmer – son of former California lieutenant governor and Southern California state legislator John Harmer – says he’ll be a candidate in the 10th Congressional District should Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Alamo, be confirmed to the State Department post to which she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garamendi visits CD10 again today</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/05/22/garamendi-visits-cd10-again-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Garamendi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, a University of California Regent and California State University trustee, will be the keynote commencement speaker – emphasizing “the important role California’s community colleges play in educating our future workforce and retraining unemployed Californians” – at the Solano Community College graduation ceremony, 7:30 p.m. tonight in Fairfield. Which, coincidentally, falls within [...]]]></description>
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