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Buttigieg Scrambles to Turn 2020 Buzz Into Momentum

MANCHESTER, N.H. — There are no policy positions on his website. He has virtually no paid presence in the states that matter most. And his campaign manager is a high school friend with no experience in presidential politics. This is the upstart campaign of ...
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Top California Democrat on Leave Amid Sex Misconduct Inquiry

SACRAMENTO — The chair of the California Democratic Party took a leave of absence Monday amid an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him. Eric Bauman's leave will last until an outside investigation ends, party spokesman Mike Roth said....

Nearly irrelevant California GOP becomes circular firing squad

Once a reliably Republican city, Rancho Cucamonga now leans slightly Democratic, notes CalMatters columnist Dan Walters. It's a sign of the times in California, where over the last decade "Republican voter registration has declined from 34.2 percent of regi...