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California: Art Torres

Thu, 12/11/2008 - 17:35

Schwarzenegger nomination to stem cell institute board creates instant mini-election

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week nominated his own pick to serve as vice chairman of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine board, thus creating what will be a small but interesting election.

The governor initially nominated Dr. Claire Pomeroy for the post, but subsequently withdrew her name with the University of California, Davis, vice chancellor and dean determined that she would not have enough time to serve on the board that the voters created in 2004 when they approved Prop. 71.

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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 22:15

Torres hopes life after politics involves putting a human face on state stem cell research

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

SACRAMENTO -- With just a few more months to go before California Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres plans to step down as head of the party, the famous former state lawmaker is already thinking about the future.

And the future in Torres' case may well involve being one of the high ministers of an agency doing some of the most cutting-edge science out there - stem cell research.

Torres, 62, has been nominated to become the next vice chairman of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 19:10

California Republican Party files FEC complaint against Obama campaign

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

The California Republican Party filed a complaint Monday with the Federal Election Commission over four different situations where the party said Barack Obama's presidential campaign and/or its allies are flouting the law.

In one part of the complaint, the party said Obama's campaign failed to disclose its release of a donor list to ACORN, a federal housing rights group under investigation for possible voter registration fraud.

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Thu, 10/30/2008 - 15:34

Democratic chair Torres condemns West Hollywood effigy of Sarah Palin

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

A day after a West Hollywood man took down an effigy of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the chairman of the California Democratic Party condemned the display.

"Hanging an effigy of any of the four candidates for president and vice president is reckless, irresponsible and is a distraction from the real issues in the final days of this historic election," Torres said in a statement released Thursday. "This may be ‘art' under First Amendment, but it is not acceptable in an American presidential election."  

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Tue, 10/21/2008 - 00:03

CRP chair blames "liberal blog" for racist cartoon

By James B. Gerber, PolitickerCA.com Reporter

Ron Nehring, chair of the California Republican Party, released a statement Monday drawing attention to a "liberal blogger" who claimed to be the author of the racist cartoon of "Obama Bucks" that wound up in the October newsletter of the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated.

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Mon, 10/20/2008 - 15:35

Bowen: No party politics in voter fraud investigations

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

SACRAMENTO - California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said that Republican claims aside, there's no partisanship in how her office looks at potential voting fraud cases, including one that led to the arrest Sunday of a 23-year-old man in Ontario who'd been signing up new voters for the GOP.

Bowen, speaking at a "drive-thru registration" event on the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election, said she'd investigate Mother Teresa if there was reason to think the late Nobel Peace Prize winner was engaged in voter fraud.

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Mon, 10/13/2008 - 15:34

San Bernardino County goes "blue"

By James B. Gerber, PolitickerCA.com Reporter

RIALTO - San Bernardino County, the largest county by land area in the United States, has officially turned "blue" once again, with more registered Democrats than Republicans for the first time in more than seven years.
 
Weekly voter registration statistics released Monday morning show 314,452 Democrats and 311,576 Republicans. Democrats registered 2,976 more voters than Republicans in the last week alone, the largest weekly gain for San Bernardino County Democrats in more than a decade.
 

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Fri, 09/19/2008 - 18:00

Golden State Democratic legend John Burton may run for state party chair in 2009

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

SAN FRANCISCO - John Burton, the Golden State powerbroker who nearly single-handedly set the Democratic agenda in Sacramento for three decades, signaled Friday that he will likely seek to become chairman of the California Democratic Party at during its elections next spring.

Burton, 75, served as president pro tem of the California Senate from 1996 to 2004 when he was termed-out of office. Prior to that he served in the state Assembly from 1965 through 1974 and again from 1988 to 1997.

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Wed, 09/17/2008 - 20:38

Republicans mock state Democratic party, Debra Bowen

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

The California Republican Party blasted both state Democrats and the California Secretary of State's office Wednesday for what it called blatant partisanship ahead of the Nov. 4 election.

In a press release, the party said the California Democratic Party didn't fully understand a program by Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to provide a bounty for new voter registrations in the next few weeks.

The strate GOP said the bounty applies to volunteer organizations, not paid vendors.

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Tue, 09/16/2008 - 17:52

Torres calls out San Bernardino elections chief for failing to halt alleged voter registration fraud operation

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

The chairman of the California Democratic Party tried to light a fire under the feet of the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters on Tuesday, claiming the elections chief has done nothing to prevent to an ongoing voter registration fraud operation in that county.

In a letter sent Tuesday to Kari Verjil, San Bernardino County's registrar of voters, Art Torres questioned whether she was doing any about an alleged Republican-financed "registration slamming" scheme.

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