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California: Pat Wiggins

Wed, 12/10/2008 - 20:06

Replacement names surfacing if Obama tabs Rep. Thompson

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

If U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) is tabbed to the President-elect Barack Obama's Secretary of the Interior, a handful of contenders will look to replace him.

Former Assemblywoman Patty Berg (D-Eureka), who was termed out at the beginning of this month, said this week that she'd hate to lose Thompson as a congressman, but wouldn't definitively say no to running as his replacement if the opportunity arose.

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Wed, 08/20/2008 - 22:16

State GOP makes video of Wiggins/pastor incident

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

The California Republican Party is seizing on a Democrat state senator's crude dismissal of a pastor recently with a new YouTube video that suggests the party doesn't care about state residents.

The 43-second video shows footage of State Sen. Pat Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) and her exchange with Robert Jones, a Methodist pastor in Sacramento, during a committee hearing on global warming.

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Fri, 08/15/2008 - 15:11

This week's PolitickerCA.com Winners & Losers

By Wally S. Edge

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Former NBA star Kevin Johnson is a political star this week, while Assembly Republicans made the losers list. Find out why and see who else made this week's Winners & Losers. | CLICK HERE

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Sun, 08/10/2008 - 23:14

Senator stuns local pastor by saying that his argument was 'bull----' during hearing

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

SACRAMENTO -- That little self-editing device inside our brains that helps us avoid a thousand awkward social moments apparently took a leave of absence last week from the noggin of a North Bay state senator.

During a hearing last Wednesday that featured the testimony of Sacramento-based Pastor Robert Jones of the Oak Park United Methodist Church state Sen. Pat Wiggins abruptly cut off the pastor, saying "I think your arguments are bull----."

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