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2010 Elections: Big Potential for Republican Governor, Redistricting Wins
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyIt is a recurrent conceit of Democrats and Republicans alike that a great political realignment that will produce a lasting majority lurks just around the corner. In the more than two decades since Ronald Reagan left the White House, the U.S. electorate has been divided roughly equally. But when President George W. Bush won re-election in 2004, his strategist Karl Rove interpreted the outcome as a harbinger of long-term Republican control. Rove wasn't alone in this view. With the GOP holding the White House and Congress and a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, some Democrats feared ...
Brown Has Small Lead Over Whitman in California Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocrat Jerry Brown, California's attorney general, is leading Republican Meg Whitman, the former eBay chief executive, 44 percent to 38 percent in their race for governor, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 19. The pair had been tied in two previous Rasmussen polls. Nine percent are undecided and 9 percent prefer another choice. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Brown is seen favorably by 51 percent and unfavorably by 42 percent, with 5 percent unsure of their opinion. Whitman is seen favorably by 47 percent and unfavorably by 43 percent with 11 percent not sure what ...
Meg Whitman's Ad Campaign Helps Her Keep Lead in California Governor's Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Meg Whitman, the former eBay chief executive, is running ahead of state Attorney General Jerry Brown by 44 percent to 41 percent, with 2 percent preferring another candidate and 14 percent undecided, according to a Los Angeles Times/USC poll conducted March 23-30. The margin of error is 2.6 points. Two other polls conducted earlier in March -- by Field and the Public Policy Institute of California -- had Whitman ahead by 3 points and 5 points, respectively. The Times/USC poll said Whitman is riding a surge fueled by "a blistering pace of recent television advertising" made ...
The (Latest) Return of Jerry Brown: 'I've Seen a Lot'
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyCalifornia Attorney General Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr., the state's once and maybe future governor, has yet again reinvented himself. The onetime apostle of New Age politics, famed and deplored as "Governor Moonbeam," has emerged in the first month of his candidacy for governor as a champion of the traditional bipartisan politics practiced by political leaders of this state since Earl Warren, who served as governor from 1943-1953. This is a new guise for Brown, a quirky gadfly who last appeared on the national political stage in 1992 as a quixotic candidate for the Democratic presidential ...
California GOP Ad Battles: Pure Genius or Political Suicide?
By Frances Tobin - Politics DailyIn the midterm elections taking place this November, Californians will be deciding on not only a controversial ballot initiative essentially legalizing marijuana, but also who our new governor will be and whether to replace one of two Democratic women in the U.S. Senate with a Republican. It is perhaps fitting, given the unfavorable (and record-low) ratings of incumbents in Congress, as well as the unpredictability of California's politics, that the candidates who lead the pack in the races for governor and senator are unconventional politicians. Carly Fiorina, former chief executive of ...
GOP's Whitman Takes Lead Over Brown in California Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Meg Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay, is leading state Attorney General Jerry Brown 44 percent to 39 percent with 17 percent undecided in the race to be California's governor, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll conducted March 9-16. In January, PPIC had Brown leading 44 percent to 39 percent. Whitman is getting stronger support from Republicans than Brown is from fellow Democrats, (77 percent and 65 percent respectively). Independents favor Whitman by 43 percent to 37 percent with 20 percent undecided. ...
Meg Whitman Neck-and-Neck with Jerry Brown in California Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Meg Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay, has edged ahead of state Attorney General Jerry Brown in the race for the California governor's seat, according to a Field Poll conducted March 9-15. Whitman leads Brown, 46 percent to 43 percent, with 11 percent undecided. While that advantage falls within the poll's 3.7 point margin of error, it is a big change from January when Brown led, 46 percent to 36 percent, with 18 percent undecided. While the Field Poll shows Whitman and Brown statistically tied, a Rasmussen Reports poll conduct March 15 shows them exactly tied at 43 ...
California Senate, Governor Contests Could Shape Up as Close Races
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe Democrats have the edge right now in the California senator's and governor's races but by margins that suggest both races are competitive, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted March 8-10. Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman, who the poll shows far ahead of Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, is within 4 points of Democrat Jerry Brown, trailing him by a 45 percent to 41 percent margin. If Poizner pulled off an upset and was the candidate, Brown would be leading him by 48 percent to 33 percent. The margin of error is 4 points. ...
'Gov. Moonbeam' Wants His Old Job Back
By Richard C. Paddock - AOL News(March 2) -- Jerry Brown, who was first elected governor of California when he was 36, wants another try at the job -– 27 years after he left office. ...
Jerry Brown Seeking Third Term as California Governor, 27 Years Later
By Richard C. Paddock - Politics DailySAN FRANCISCO – Jerry Brown, who was first elected governor of California when he was 36, wants another try at the job – 27 years after he left office. The enigmatic Brown, who will turn 72 in April, announced Tuesday that he is officially in the race to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. If elected to serve a third term, Brown would become California's oldest governor. Brown, now the state's attorney general, continued to demonstrate his penchant for the unorthodox by announcing his entry into the race in a video posted on his Web site without the usual fanfare of campaign ...
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