( Matt Ortega )

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

Jeff Takada, one of a handful of Republican hopefuls vying to challenge Jerry McNerney in November, agreed to answer a series of questions on the issues.

His campaign agreed to respond to some questions just after the holiday season and were delivered to his campaign shortly before the first Republican candidate forum in Manteca last week

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

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,

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,