( Matt Ortega )

More bad press for Carly Fiorina’s “demon sheep” web video. Tom Campbell denies making any deals to leave the gubernatorial race with Meg Whitman. Fiorina suggests bankruptcy be on the table as a solution for the state’s financial problems. The American Spectator attacked Campbell as “anti-Israel.” Fiorina offers healthcare reforms implemented fifteen years ago

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

Tom Campbell’s campaign planned large events for Thursday and Friday. Jerry McNerney spoke to reporters about a December trip to Afghanistan. Robert Beadles filed a lawsuit regarding his arrest over allegedly stolen property. Elizabeth Emken was profiled in a local paper, and more

Jerry McNerney, a second-term congressman from Pleasanton, managed to bring millions to California’s 11th Congressional District for important projects like highway funds, public transportation, and mentoring programs — all of which mean jobs for constituents

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

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,

In the legal battle of eBay v. Craigslist, an unflattering image of Meg Whitman continues to emerge. Formerly anonymous conservative blogger critical of Meg Whitman banished from website after it is revealed he received payments from Steve Poizner’s campaign as a “consultant.” State revenue continues to decline as state taxes fall short of November target

A former San Jose city councilman and police officer, Larry Pegram, intends to seek the Republican nomination to run against Jerry McNerney next year. But first, he has to move into the district. Republicans have hammered John Garamendi, a candidate for neighboring 10th Congressional seat, who lives just outside the district boundaries. It is a

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