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California: Jim Brulte

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, 10/13/2008 - 16:45

Anti-11 group calls pro-11 ad laughable and misleading

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

The new television ad supporting Proposition 11 doesn't pass the laugh test, according to Paul Hefner, a spokesman for the anti-11 group Citizens for Accountability.

Hefner said that the ad, which paints politicians as being against the measure, conveniently ignores Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the other politicians who favor the measure.

That list includes former Gov. Gray Davis, former state Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte (R-Rancho Cucamonga) and former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg (D-Los Angeles), Hefner pointed out.

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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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Mon, 09/01/2008 - 11:56

Jim Brulte warns of tough sledding for CA GOP this fall

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Former Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte (R-Rancho Cucamonga) said state Republicans have reason to worry in California this fall, regardless of how presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain does.

"If there's a wave, you've got to make sure you're on it," said Brulte, who served in both the State Assembly and Senate during the 1990s and early 2000s and is attending the Republican National Convention this week as a delegate. "And if it's coming at you, you have to be ready for it."

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