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California: Nov.4 Election

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 21:07

Brown camp says McClintock victory not assured

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

The campaign manager for Charlie Brown's congressional campaign said claims of victory late Friday by the campaign for opponent Tom McClintock were premature.

Campaign manager Todd Stenhouse said that not only are there thousands of ballots still to count in the race, but a margin of victory of less than half a percent means an automatic recount of 10 percent of the ballots, which he expected to happen.

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Mon, 09/29/2008 - 15:34

Brown said McClintock site plagarized his veterans info

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

The campaign for congressional candidate Charlie Brown said opponent Tom McClintock's new website for veterans stole information for a similar site Brown has.

Campaign manager Todd Stenhouse said that not only did a list of resources on the site exactly match what was on Brown's site, but one link that was broken on Brown's site had the same problem on McClintock's site.

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Wed, 09/03/2008 - 08:24

Johnson to have third town hall meeting

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Kevin Johnson  will host the third of his series of town hall meetings Wednesday, this one focusing on public safety, as part of his campaign to unseat Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo.

Johnson, a former NBA All-Star, will host the town hall event at 7 p.m. at David Lubin Elementary School in Sacramento with City Council member Steve Cohn and other supporters.

Topics from other town hall meetings such as education and economic development will also be open for discussion, according an advisory from Johnson's campaign.

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