Tom Campbell nears a switch from the governor’s race to make the Senate nomination fight a three-way struggle with Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore.
Jerry McNerney joined several members of Congress that called on Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to delay parliamentary elections until election reforms are in place.
Police searched the business of Robert Beadles, a Republican candidate for the 11th Congressional District, and is accused of stealing signs and other equipment from a competitor, Gary Anderson. Police stated that some items were recovered during the search and are determining if they are, in fact, stolen.
McNerney delivered $200,000 for a renovation project of the Danville veterans hall on Hartz Avenue.
Tony Amador, another Republican seeking the nomination to challenge Jerry McNerney, says he’s hard at work on the campaign every day in a recent Manteca Bulletin puff piece. (The article doesn’t even mention his sexual harassment lawsuit settlement.) Meanwhile, his online presence is rather stale. There’s no “recent news” since his campaign announcement. His Twitter account, with only 12 followers, hasn’t posted in over three months. The campaign’s Flickr account is equally untouched.
Manteca Bulletin profiled another potential McNerney challenger, Jeff Takada. According to the article, Takada was convinced to run for office after attending a Tea Party event.
Steve Poizner amassed $17.5 million for his gubernatorial bid but that includes the $15 million he loaned his campaign from his billionaire fortune. If 85 percent of a candidate’s war chest is from their own pocket, hard to fend off charges that Poizner is trying to buy the seat. But then again, Meg Whitman ain’t much better at that, either.