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Election Campaigns

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's Wife Took 50% of Congressional Campaign Contributions

    Rohrabacher: Campaign contributions land in family bank account​Costa Mesa Congressman Dana Rohrabacher gave his wife more than 50 percent of the campaign contributions he raised mostly from corporate sources during July, August and September, according to recently filed records at the Federal Ele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Dave Gilliard, OC Sheriff's Adviser, Caught in "Shady" $840,000 Scheme

    ​Dan Morain, one of the true jewels of mainstream journalism in California, has tied a key campaign adviser to Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Congressman Ed Royce and state Assemblyman Jim Silva to a "shady" effort to smear Sen. Barbara Boxer in the 2010 election.Veteran political consultant Dave Gillia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    [UPDATED with Feinstein Fooked!] Kinde Durkee, Democratic Treasurer Accused of Fraud

    ​UPDATE, SEPT. 13, 11:05 A.M.: U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the latest Democrat claiming to have been hornswoggled by campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee. Feinstein first revealed her accounts had been totally cleaned out, but her spokesman later corrected that to say the amount of missing funds is c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Tom Petty vs. Republicans: Top Three Moments

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Tom Petty's management sent a Teapublican Michele Bachmann's campaign a cease-and-desist letter, demanding she never use his song "American Girl" at campaign events again. That was fast--she just launched her campaign yesterday!At any rate, this is just the latest i ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    In Fred Karger's Presidential Run, GOP Stands for Gay Old Party

    The OC resident and onetime Republican hatchet man hopes his quixotic campaign can push his party to become more gay-friendly

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2011

    Help Feed Dana Rohrabacher's Family Today

    Dana: Fighting for his own free lunch and having fun!​In the last 32 days of 2010, Dana Rohrabacher's congressional campaign committee raised $3,400 and his wife, Rhonda, took $5,387 from it for the family under the theory that she is her husband's campaign manager, according to the Federal Electi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Carly Fiorina, Cancer Survivor, Hospitalized

    ​UPDATE: She'll apparently be back on the campaign trail tomorrow (see end of post) . . . The Carly for California campaign issued a statement Wednesday morning indicating cancer survivor Carly Fiorina was hospitalized due to an infection tied to her past reconstructive breast surgery.While Fiorin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Micky Mouth on Facebook: the Hottest City Council Campaign Site in Anaheim

    ​Gustavo Arellano wrote and provided video earlier in the week of Micky Mouth, the costumed write-in candidate for Anaheim City Council that Mayor Curt Pringle had tossed from a recent council meeting.Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle Gets Mickey Mouse Impersonator Booted from City Council MeetingMr. MM' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Bill Clinton: OC Needs Loretta Sanchez in Congress

    Photo by R. Scott MoxleyBill Clinton visited OC today​Accompanied by a decent-sized Secret Service detail, Bill Clinton came to Orange County this afternoon to offer advice.The 42nd president of the United States told several hundred people (and at least 60 reporters) gathered under a cloudy sky a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2010

    OC Gay Republican Dreams of Beating President Barack Obama

    Fred Karger: spinning himself to the White House?​Deep inside the anti-gay Orange County GOP curtain, Fred Karger--a 60-year-old gay Laguna Beach resident, actor and longtime Republican political consultant--has formed an official presidential exploratory committee in hopes of toppling P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    2012 Election: Tea Party Out, Weed Party In?

    ​The California campaign for Prop 19 this November is searching couch cushions for loose change, but that has not stopped chatter to get marijuana-legalization initiatives on more state ballots to drive Democrats to the polls in 2012.

  • News

    September 16, 2010

    Vote-Splitting Plot In Santa Ana

    [Moxley Confidential] Sal Tinajero says he has proof his opponent and former opponent were in cahoots

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    UPDATED: Sal Tinajero Says He Has Proof of Vote-Splitting Plot in Santa Ana

    Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyCouncilman Sal Tinajero​Except for me and Sal Tinajero, the oversized, second-floor debate classroom at Fullerton Union High School was empty. Newspaper clips hailing Tinajero's success as a teacher (he was named National Teacher of the Year in 2005 by Hispanic magazi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Political Rashomon: How U.S. Senate Campaigns View (or Spin) Same Poll

    Boxer: going down​It's interesting to see how the campaigns of the leading contenders for the U.S. Senate seat held by Barbara Boxer are reacting to a new Field Poll.For the sake of argument (and parochialism), we're including Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) among the leading contenders.The po ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2010

    Democrat Peter Mathews For Congress Concert

    Alex's Bar

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Orly Taitz to Run for Office?

    California Secretary of State Debra Bowen to be replaced by Orly Taitz?​ Anti-Obama crusader Orly Taitz may be finished with her lawsuit in the Orange County federal courthouse, but that doesn't mean we're done seeing her around here.In fact, Californians may get to know her even better in 2010- ... More >>

  • News

    November 12, 2009

    Joe Arpaio Helps Inject Some Mexican-Hater Money Into Bill Hunt's Campaign for Sheriff

    California Secretary of State Debra Bowen to be replaced by Orly Taitz?​ Anti-Obama crusader Orly Taitz may be finished with her lawsuit in the Orange County federal courthouse, but that doesn't mean we're done seeing her around here.In fact, Californians may get to know her even better in 2010- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Agran Crony and Gore Campaigner Agrees to Guilty Pleas in Federal Wire Fraud Case

    Irvine attorney Sandeep Baweja, the 39-year-old money man for that town's "progressive" political boss Larry Agran and a former official with Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, agreed in court papers to plead guilty to two felony charges related to a scheme where he ripped off nearly all of the $ ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2009

    Chuck DeVore's Quixotic Attempt to Twitter and Parody-Video His Way Into the U.S. Senate

    Irvine attorney Sandeep Baweja, the 39-year-old money man for that town's "progressive" political boss Larry Agran and a former official with Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, agreed in court papers to plead guilty to two felony charges related to a scheme where he ripped off nearly all of the $ ... More >>

  • News

    March 5, 2009

    Lance MacLean Has Learned That Mission Viejo's Political Players Always Go for the Throat

    Irvine attorney Sandeep Baweja, the 39-year-old money man for that town's "progressive" political boss Larry Agran and a former official with Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, agreed in court papers to plead guilty to two felony charges related to a scheme where he ripped off nearly all of the $ ... More >>

  • News

    November 13, 2008

    Longtime OC GOP Legislator Ross Johnson Finds New Life As a Campaign-Finance Watchdog in Sacramento

    Irvine attorney Sandeep Baweja, the 39-year-old money man for that town's "progressive" political boss Larry Agran and a former official with Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, agreed in court papers to plead guilty to two felony charges related to a scheme where he ripped off nearly all of the $ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Dems Bringing Sexy Back?

    *Update: They just announced Papi Pulido beat out Michelle Martinez for the SanTana mayoral seat. Not much cheering. Everyone's busy bumping and grinding. *Update 2: A mean trick played by accident on congressional candidate Steve Young led him and his campaign team to believe, for a brief, exulta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    Tim Carpenter: Back With a Vengeance

    “I haven't seen you since 1988,” Tim Carpenter says with astonishment as he finally recognizes the progressive activist whose hand he's been shaking during a brief break between a press conference and rally for Democratic candidates at the Teamsters Local 952 union hall in Orange last Friday. B ... More >>

  • News

    September 18, 2008

    Surf City Mayor Debbie Cook Takes on Dana Rohrabacher, OC's Weirdest Republican Congressman

    “I haven't seen you since 1988,” Tim Carpenter says with astonishment as he finally recognizes the progressive activist whose hand he's been shaking during a brief break between a press conference and rally for Democratic candidates at the Teamsters Local 952 union hall in Orange last Friday. B ... More >>

  • Features

    January 24, 2008

    Moneyopoly

    Who are the OC players who contributed to the 2008 presidential candidates?

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Their Man Tan

    Nguyen addresses his true believers

  • News

    October 26, 2006

    Xenophobic From the Start

    Surprised that GOP candidate was behind fake letter? Not me

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2006

    Ahnuld Terminates Fair Elections

    Perhaps you've seen those commercials showing Phil Angelides walking backward--the same direction the Democrat nominee for governor wants to take the state, according to the folksy narrator. These, of course, are not to be confused with Angelides' response ads, which show someone who looks a lot lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2006

    Coming Attractions

    Cast your mind back to one of the grimmer spectacles of the grim days of 2004: the Bush/Cheney reelection campaign. If you recall, it was impossible to tell the difference that year between the official functions of President Bush and the fearmongering and pandering of Candidate Bush. Every official ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2006

    FOO Fighter

    We're re-posting this Oct. 10, 2005, post because: a) A reader wondered why the Weekly had never connected slime-ball GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff to our smurfin' Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach). As the post shows, Clockwork had (and Moxley will mention it in Thursday's edition). 2) ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    A Fox in the Henhouse

    Why wont DA Tony Rackauckas do his job?

  • Columns

    October 6, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    Why wont DA Tony Rackauckas do his job?

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Gracious

    Your DA declines to prosecute his friends

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    From Bad to Worse

    A Karl Rove timeline

  • News

    April 28, 2005

    A Few Words on Why Tom Umberg Doesnt Want Campaign-Finance Reform

    A Karl Rove timeline

  • News

    February 26, 2004

    Deja You

    Agran and Kucinich could be twins . . . very wee twins

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Casting lott

    Agran and Kucinich could be twins . . . very wee twins

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    Slate Nailer

    Conservative James Lacy plays turncoat to sway elections

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    The Myth of St. Curt

    Mayor Pringle wasnt a racist then, and he aint Cesar Chavez now

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    The Grainy Face of Corporate Evil

    Does Bill Simon really believe hes been exonerated by a Republican judge?

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    The Republican Suicide Bomber

    Bill Simon played gays and religious conservatives for idiots and likely destroyed his own campaign for governor

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Why Dont This Druid Hit the Road?

    Druidry leads to Libertarian bitch-fight

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Drive-By Consultant

    Frank Caternicchio runs the conservatives political campaigninto the ground

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Son of Dornan

    Coming soon to a campaign near you

  • Culture

    August 12, 1999

    Even Then, a Son of a Bitch

    New bio fails to remake Nixons early years

  • News

    November 26, 1998

    Covert Campaigner

    Cox quietly funnels $900,000 to 2000 Senate run

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    Fed Said: Ted Dead

    FBI sting pops Santa Ana City Councilman Ted Moreno

  • Features

    August 27, 1998

    How Bob Dornan Turned Political Defeat into a Windfall for his Family

    How to feed your children on political contributions

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    The Loser Wins

    How Bob Dornan turned political defeat into a financial windfall for his family

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    The Secret Lives of Bob Dornan

    Inside the Fevered Imagination of O.C.'s Most Infamous Congressman

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