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Election Predictions, How Did I Do?

Election Predictions, How Did I Do? ACDCC, Politics No Responses »

Dec 052014

At the annual Alameda County Democratic Central Committee (ACDCC) holiday party this week, a colleague asked me how accurate I was on my election predictions. This post is meant to answer his question. Truth is, I didn’t make many predictions. This year, I endorsed candidates throughout Alameda County. I thought some of them had a good chance of winning and I was less hopeful about others. Voters, however, like to go with likely winners so I wasn’t about to suggest that my endorsed candidates were going to lose. This is not to say that I avoided calling all races. In [Continue Reading]

I pull, I nominate

I pull, I nominate ACDCC No Responses »

Sep 092014

List of Candidates I’ve Pulled and Nominated for the Alameda Democratic party endorsement (Updated with Results) As a member of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, I have the privilege of voting for the party’s endorsement in local, non-partisan races. All registered Democrats running for office in Alameda county are eligible for the party endorsement. Those who apply are interviewed by the Executive Committee, which can put candidates in the consent calendar. Two members acting together can pull a candidate from the consent calendar and/or nominate a candidate for the endorsement. All candidates nominated and pulled are then interviewed by [Continue Reading]

Alameda County Democratic Central Committee to Vote to Censure Me

Alameda County Democratic Central Committee to Vote to Censure Me ACDCC 6 Responses »

Aug 122014

I May Be Responsible for the FPPC Investigating the Committee Update (January, 2017): A Democratic Party organ laundered $60K in contributions for the Fremont Mayor race. Read more about it. The leadership of the Committee has been working to expel me, though perhaps they were thwarted on that idea by the fact that they don’t have any legal grounds to do so. Update (October, 2016): They ACDCC never censured me. Instead, they recruited a candidate to run for City Council against my husband in Nov. 2014. Then in 2016, the incumbents in my district ran for re-election on a slate [Continue Reading]

Alameda Democrats to Vote on June Endorsements

Alameda Democrats to Vote on June Endorsements ACDCC, Politics No Responses »

Apr 112014

This Saturday March 12, the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee will hold interviews for local candidates seeking the Democratic endorsement in the June elections. The Executive Committee interviewed candidates previously and voted to put a number of them in the consent calendar. Any two members of the Committee can pull nominees from consent, or nominate other candidates. To qualify for the endorsement, candidates must be registered Democrats and pay a $50 fee. They must receive 60% of the votes cast on Saturday to get the Party’s endorsement. Voting is done by personified ballot and requires a signature of the member [Continue Reading]

Alameda Democrats Endorse Barbara Lee and Mike Honda, but not Eric Swalwell

Alameda Democrats Endorse Barbara Lee and Mike Honda, but not Eric Swalwell ACDCC, Politics No Responses »

Feb 072014

Battle for AD 15 and CD 15 Democratic endorsement moves to the State Convention Feb 8 Update Congress: In CD 13, Barbara Leee was recommended for endorsement, with 100% of the vote. I was wrong about CD 15, and Eric Swalwell got the majority of the vote, though not enough to get a recommendation. The fight for the endorsement goes up to the Convention, where it will probably come to the floor, giving Ellen Corbett an advantage. Stay tuned. As predicted, in CD 17 Mike Honda easily got the endorsement. Indeed, Ro Khanna did not even bother to show up to the meeting, probably [Continue Reading]

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