<div><p>If elected as California's next controller, <strong>Ashley Swearengin</strong> would be one of only a handful of Republicans elected to a statewide office in recent memory. She is trying to change the face of a shrinking California Republican Party.</p><p>Mayor Swearengin is campaigning as a

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<div><p>In the fall, California Assemblymember Kristin Olsen will take on a new political role as Republican Minority Leader. Olsen, 40, who represents the 12th Assembly District in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, has a reputation of working effectively on both sides of the political aisle.</p>

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<div><p>The race for the Assembly District 53 in Los Angeles doesn’t appear that it will be much of a race at all despite the appearance of four candidates on the ballot this coming Tuesday.</p><p>AD-53 is a heavily Democratic district with over 58 percent of voters registered as Democrats, 18 perce

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<div><p>Assembly Member Marc Levine, of the North Bay’s 10th Assembly District, may be in for quite a fight to keep his seat this year.</p><p>Levine squeaked out a win in 2012, defeating incumbent Assembly Member Michael Allen of Santa Rosa by the thinnest of margins, a 163-vote difference that amou

California Political Reform Put to Test in the 10th Assembly District

<div><p>SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Both houses of the California Legislature gathered Monday to conduct the swearing in ceremony of the 69th Speaker of the California State Assembly, Assemblywoman Toni Atkins (D- San Diego). Atkins made history as the first LGBT woman to be elected to serve as Speaker and

EXCLUSIVE: New Assembly Speaker Discusses Future of Calif. Legislature

<div><p>SB 1005, a bill that would expand subsidized health care programs -- including access to Medi-Cal benefits -- to undocumented immigrants living in California, was approved by the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday, April 30, with a 6-1 vote. The lone dissenting vote came from state Senator

Bill to Expand Access to Health Benefits to Illegal Immigrants Passes Senate Committee

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