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California: Tom Lantos

Thu, 09/04/2008 - 19:45

Conlon in uphill battle in 12th Congressional District

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Delegate Greg Conlon is frank about his status as a Republican congressional candidate on the Bay Area peninsula, the heart of Democratic territory: "It's lonely."

Conlon, an Atherton resident who's attending this week's Republican National Convention as a guest, is hoping to run a credible challenge in California's 12th Congressional District against recently-elected U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough).

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Wed, 04/16/2008 - 16:41

As Speier builds offices, she combines Lantos aides with a few of her own

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

As the newest member of the House of Representatives, Democrat Jackie Speier, who won the seat left open by Tom Lantos’ death, is maintaining a skeleton staff in both Washington and San Mateo, combining her own aides and confidantes with a few members of the Lantos inner circle.

“She’s kind of pulling it together,” said Alex Tourk, who ran Speier’s campaign for the seat. “It’s going to be a little of both (Speier and Lantos).”

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Wed, 04/09/2008 - 08:18

Speier wins Bay Area Lantos runoff race

By David Finnigan

Former Democratic state Senator Jackie Speier won Tuesday’s congressional special election to replace the San Francisco Peninsula’s late and very great U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, who died in February.

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Tue, 04/08/2008 - 15:46

Speier campaign makes final push in special election for Lantos’s seat

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

As voters head to the polls today in the special election for the vacant seat formerly held by U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, the campaign for Democrat Jackie Speier says it is busy working its last-minute get-out the vote operations.

“We’re doing the little things to get this done,” said Alex Tourk, the campaign manager for Speier, the two-term former state Senator who is the heavy favorite to win the seat.

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Tue, 04/08/2008 - 08:28

Voters to replace Lantos today

By Politicker Staff

Voters in California’s 12th Congressional District go to the polls today to choose a replacement for Congressman Tom Lantos, who died of cancer in February after serving 27 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. If none of the five candidates wins 50% today, there will be a runoff between the top Democratic and Republican candidates in June.

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Mon, 03/24/2008 - 10:20

Speier is favored to win Lantos seat

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

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When voters head to the polls on April 8 to fill the U.S. Congress seat formerly occupied by Tom Lantos, the fourteen-term San Mateo Democrat who passed away in February, it is a pretty safe bet they will select former State Senator Jackie Speier.

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