McCarthy Wins — Labrador Gracious in Defeat

In a secret ballot of Republican members of the House of Representatives, California Congressman Kevin McCarthy won the majority leader spot replacing pro-Amnesty Eric Cantor, who in a surprising upset lost his primary fight to a vastly underfunded economics...

CD-24: Can Conservative Mitchum Cap Capps' Tenure?

Lois Capps: Who's she? Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) Why, she represents Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties in Central Coast, California. Once again: Lois Capps, who is she? One of  a small group of  Democratic incumbents whom the CA...

CD-12: Pelosi's Coronation

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has a 100% liberal rating with the ACLU. Does she have this stance out of principle? Not at all. Check out the demographics on her Congressional district: Voters rejected Prop 8 by 70%, the widest...

CD-52: GOP Pick-Up (With Very Mixed Feelings)

Before the June 3rd, 2014 primary, before the January First 2014 move to let slip the GOP GOTV, the California Republican Party was targeting CD-52: GOP outnumbers Dems by three points, and Brian Bilbray was a long-standing Republican in the area, anyway. San Diego is...

Prediction Affirmed: Labrador Challenges McCarthy

Raul Labrador Kevin McCarthy (R-CA, Bakersfield) is already causing Establishment Republicans to sweat. Speaker John Boehner has not endorsed him to replace displaced Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and two anti-amnesty Republicans announced interest in the Majority...