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California: Dick Ackerman

February 25, 2009 - 08:24 pm
NEWS FEED: Sacramento Bee

Ackerman joins Nossaman law firm

By Shane Goldmacher

Former Senate Republican leader Dick Ackerman has been announced as the newest partner of the law firm Nossaman LLP, working out of Orange County.

Ackerman is also teaching a California politics course at UC Berkeley, his alma mater.

(Hat tip: OCR)

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February 5, 2009 - 02:43 pm
NEWS FEED: Sacramento Bee

Fabian Nuñez files for state Senate

By Shane Goldmacher

Former Speaker Fabian Nunez, who termed out of the state Assembly last fall, has filed paperwork to make a Sacramento comeback as a state senator.

Nunez, 42, was the longest serving speaker of the term limits era and developed a close relationship with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as they teamed together in 2006 to pass landmark global warming legislation, a hike in the minimum wage and a prescription drug package.

In 2008, Nunez pushed a ballot measure, Proposition 93, to extend his and other incumbent lawmakers' terms in office. Voters defeated the initiative at the polls.

This week, he filed paperwork to fill the seat of termed-out Sen.

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Mon, 09/15/2008 - 14:40

Poizner tabs Brulte for campaign, provides endorsement list

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Indicating his seriousness in running, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has already assembled a campaign team and a long list of supporters for a potential gubernatorial bid in 2010.

In the announcement of the exploratory committee's formation, Poizner, a moderate Republican, announced that former Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte (R-Rancho Cucamonga) will be his campaign chair. Brulte also served as finance chair for the California Republican Party.

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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 10:00

Palin speech had technical difficulty

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

BLAINE, Minn. - Praise came down from many circles for the speech Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gave in accepting the Republican vice presidential nomination Wednesday night.

Turns out she might have done some of it on the fly.

State Sen. Dick Ackerman (R-Tustin) told fellow California delegates Thursday that McCain campaign adviser Steve Schmidt told him there was a problem with the teleprompter during her speech.

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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 09:58

Ackerman said party needs to be unified to win in California

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

BLAINE, Minn. - California Republicans have a stronger chance of success when the party is unified from the governor on down, State Sen. Dick Ackerman (R-Tustin) believes.

Ackerman, a delegate attending the Republican National Convention and a former state Senate Republican leader, said some party members believe that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't do enough to help fellow GOP politicians running for statewide office in 2006.

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Wed, 09/03/2008 - 13:01

Tran says lack of budget progress reason to go to GOP convention

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Assemblyman Van Tran (R-Costa Mesa) said he's not concerned about attending the Republican National Convention while the state budget is unfinished, because progress has to happen with legislative leaders first.

"There's nothing happening," said Tran, who arrived in Minnesota Tuesday, of the stalled budget negotiations. "We're in a holding pattern."

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