THE BUZZ: ‘Rising star‘ Lanhee Chen eyeing Controller? High profile political commentator and policy analyst Lanhee Chen, 42, a star at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, tells POLITICO he is “seriously considering” throwing his hat into the 2022 race for California State Controller. With Democratic Controller...
The nonprofit wing of the top Republican group dedicated to fighting the war over political district lines is filing a lawsuit aimed at forcing the U.S. Census Bureau to explain how it counted people in group settings like college campuses during the coronavirus pandemic.Source: GOP-linked group...
California voters created an independent redistricting commission to stop lawmakers and powerful interests from drawing gerrymandered congressional and legislative districts that consolidated their power at the expense of fair representation.Source: Redistricting commission accused of violating open-meetings law and other failures...
Since the founding of this great nation, anonymous speech has allowed even the most vulnerable of voices to participate in debate in the public square. Our Founding Fathers used pseudonyms to help ensure that readers focused on the arguments presented instead of the personality of...
The small but growing number of candidates who have reported child care expenses during their campaigns represents a shift in the way candidates — especially women — with small children are treated on the trail, said Liuba Grechen Shirley, founder of the Vote Mama Foundation...
