( Matt Ortega )

Spokesman for Brad Goehring’s campaign for Congress, Carl Fogliani, confused the TARP bailout with the economic stimulus. It is a scary proposition that a candidate for a Congressional seat that voted on both pieces of legislation cannot distinguish the two from each other. Any candidate for office should very well know the difference. Goehring and his team apparently don’t seem to think so, or simply don’t care

Brad Goehring, a grapegrower from Lodi that is running for Congress in the 11th Congressional District, wrote on his campaign’s Facebook page that he would issue hunting permits to “thin the herd” of liberals

Carly Fiorina defended and promised more of the wildly popular (and widely-mocked) “demon sheep” web video. Meg Whitman disavowed a supporter that proclaimed he was a “proud racist” and receives flack from the base for it. Steve Poizner backed a voter initiative that led to $40 billion in more taxes. Gavin Newsom leads Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor, and more

Last night’s 11th Congressional District candidate forum proved rather uneventful — there was few differences on the issues, and while disagreement was sparse, it did pick up a bit towards the end with one candidate accusing another of dirty tactics

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget plan would strip cities and counties of cash. Darrell Steinberg, top Democrat in the State Senate, uttered, “You’ve got to be kidding” in response to the plan. Cuts to welfare support would be added pain to the state’s poor. Meanwhile, the Governor’s idea to get the federal government to fill-in the $6.9

Several Republican candidates will meet in Manteca on January 11 to debate their candidacies for the GOP nomination to take on sophomore House Rep. Jerry McNerney. Candidates Tony Amador, Robert Beadles, Elizabeth Emken, Brad Goehring, Larry Pegram and Jeff Takada are expected to attend. They are running for the seat held by Rep. Jerry McNerney,

Charlie Cook reported on the state of the race in California’s 11th Congressional District at the Cook Political Report. On presumptive front-runner by way of self-financing, and Richard Pombo clone, Brad Goehring: In 2006, a newspaper quoted Goehring, a farm labor contractor, as saying he suspected 40 percent of his workers were illegal immigrants, but

Jerry McNerney, the two-term Democratic incumbent in California’s 11th Congressional District, posted a huge fundraising lead over his potential Republican challengers. McNerney’s campaign posted receipts of $816,000 in the third quarter with over $600,000 in the bank. Republican leader in the numbers game, Lodi grapegrower Brad Goehring, reported $734,000 in receipts but he’s largely self-financed