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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Politics

A nearly $12B bond measure on November ballot promises help for affordable housing in San Diego

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Incumbent Patel showing advantages over Villanueva in North County's 76th Assembly race

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Midway Rising deal gets initial nod of approval

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Even with high gas prices, EV sales in California are flat

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Painting Eisenhower Building would diminish historic character of White House complex, report says

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'Should be shot': Trump intensifies midterms messaging

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Justice Department warns California officials in new letter about processing ballots from suspected noncitizens

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Incumbent Republican Davies faces Democrat challenger Farias in coastal North County's assembly seat

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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving the job after a rocky first briefing and claims of being a lawyer

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Is your phone being flooded with political text messages? Here's what you need to know

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Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico balks at Trump's proposal to require English at Head Start centers

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Democrats hope a rematch can dislodge Trump loyalist Perry in Pennsylvania

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Trump wants the midterms to be all about himself. Judging by the ads, Democrats are happy to oblige

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Trump increased investments in drugmakers that benefited from Medicare exemptions, Democrats say

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New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia defends her legal background and short first briefing

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Food aid enrollment tanks after SNAP rule changes

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Inside the 'shadow surge' driving ICE arrests to new heights

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Michael Smolens: Can Mayor Gloria turn it around?

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Trump rallies with top Republicans in critical battleground state of Georgia

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Incumbent Sharp-Collins seeks return to Assembly District 79 seat, faces challenger Lawson

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Another court declares Ohio school choice voucher program unconstitutional

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Massive Texas backlog of voter registrations that scrambled workers has been cleared, state says

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Lawsuit alleges DHS effort to collect detailed state voter data violates federal law

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FACT FOCUS: Social media posts falsely claim ballots marked by a poll worker will be disqualified

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Talarico compares his campaign to the biblical David after GOP invests over $158M against him

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Trump administration advances plan for peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr.

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Ex-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking young women

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Judge tosses ex-CIA head John Brennan's document preservation lawsuit against the Justice Department

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US consumers are muscling through higher prices, but for how long?

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FBI agents and analysts fired for roles in Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back

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Trump administration sues California to block state from counting alleged noncitizen mail-in ballots

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Bethany Bezak, longtime civil servant, named San Diego's chief operating officer

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BBC asks judge to force Trump to sit for deposition in his own lawsuit against the channel

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Democrats see voter enthusiasm in fundraising haul from small-dollar donors before the midterms

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Authorities investigate letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to congressional, election offices

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With anger spreading over Iran war, Democrats hope to flip Republican seats with veterans' help

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Midterm campaigns are asking, where's the beef? And how much does it cost?

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Sen. Roger Marshall sought funding to address a water shortage. The project could benefit his ranch

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Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter

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Mara Elliott, Kristie Bruce-Lane face off in tight Senate District 40 race

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Frustrated with Trump, voters overwhelmingly want change in Washington, poll finds

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Watchdog group seeks to block Jared Kushner from serving in his volunteer envoy role

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Proposal demands transparency in San Diego election spending, use of AI in mailers

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Lawyers for NY man shot by ICE say officer fired into car without warning

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Speaker Johnson dismisses skeptics as he campaigns for House GOP in Maine battleground

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Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal probe, AP source says

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Supreme Court declines to hear the case of a lobster fisherman who opposes boat tracking

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ICE rejects suggestion that its officers wear body cameras that automatically activate

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Report: Midway Rising transaction is 'fair and reasonable' despite risks

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Questions swirl about new White House press secretary's resume

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Omar home search raises fears about election-season probes

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San Diego starts process to update Balboa Park's master plan

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Blockbuster-era law governing privacy of video rentals gets a fresh look from the Supreme Court

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Lawyers for Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook say White House hearing set up by Trump is 'biased'

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Justice Department threatens California with legal action over claim of noncitizens on voter rolls

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Trump defends gifted Air Force One from Qatar and makes 2nd Amendment pitch as he campaigns for GOP

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Ex-fiance of US Rep. Nancy Mace and 2 others charged with sex crimes she detailed in a House speech

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Iowa faces a reckoning over water quality and cancer rates in midterm campaigns

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House Democrats plan a first 100-days agenda if they sweep to power in midterm elections

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Americans with disabilities worry about proposed changes to major national health survey

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Kamala Harris adds stops to her final midterm campaign stretch. Her decision about 2028 comes later

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Trump says oil, gas and mineral exploration in Greenland is set to begin. It's not that simple

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Katie Zacharia's debut shows the pitfalls and possibilities of White House press secretary's role

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Appeals court judges question the government about Trump's DC National Guard deployment

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California just passed a ton of housing laws. Here's how they will affect San Diego

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News analysis: 'Medicare for All' is back. Now comes the hard part

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Judge extends order blocking Trump from banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from White House

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How California's billionaire tax could pass and still be blocked

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Q&A: Meet Steve Cohen, candidate for California's 50th Congressional District

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Q&A: Meet Monica Montgomery Steppe, candidate for San Diego County supervisor in District 4

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Q&A: Meet Kristine Alessio, candidate for San Diego County supervisor in District 4

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San Diego gets new powers to go after employers who commit wage theft

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Q&A: Meet Heather Plotzke, candidate for Poway Unified School District trustee in Area C

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Q&A: Meet Summer Boger, candidate for San Dieguito Union High School District trustee in Area 3

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Q&A: Meet David Vincent, candidate for Escondido Union High School District trustee in Area 5

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Q&A: Meet Dana Covell, candidate for Cajon Valley Union School District trustee in Area 2

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Q&A: Meet Ginny Merrifield, candidate for San Dieguito Union High School District trustee in Area 5

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Q&A: Meet Alan Scott Kholos, candidate for Del Mar Union School District trustee

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Q&A: Meet Alma Sarmiento, candidate for National School District trustee in Area B

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Q&A: Meet Delia Dominguez Cervantes, candidate for Chula Vista Elementary School District trustee in Area 5

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Q&A: Meet Erika Lowery, candidate for South Bay Union School District trustee in Area 1

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Q&A: Meet Jolyana Jirjees, candidate for Cajon Valley Union School District trustee in Area 2

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Battle lines shift in House races as Republicans retreat from front-line districts

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Q&A: Meet Peggy Duncan, candidate for Coronado Unified School District trustee

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Q&A: Meet Fermin Eusebio Jimenez, candidate for Sweetwater Union High School District trustee in Area 1

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Q&A: Meet Alexia Palacios-Peters, candidate for Coronado Unified School District trustee

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Q&A: Meet Joey Aszterbaum, candidate for MiraCosta Community College District trustee in Area 6

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Q&A: Meet Uday Sinha, candidate for Santee School District trustee in Area 5

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Q&A: Meet Jared Birrenkott, candidate for Ramona Unified School District trustee in Area 5

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Q&A: Meet Debra McLaren, candidate for Chula Vista Elementary School District trustee in Area 1

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Q&A: Meet Rafaela Cervantes, candidate for Escondido Union High School District trustee in Area 2

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Q&A: Meet Michael Darnley, candidate for Vallecitos School District trustee in Area 4

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Q&A: Meet Jason Bethurum, candidate for Oceanside Unified School District trustee in Area 4

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Q&A: Meet Shelzea Zamora, candidate for Ramona Unified School District trustee in Area 1

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Q&A: Meet Jennifer Dahlquist Ramirez, candidate for oway Unified School District trustee in Area D

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Q&A: Meet Derrick Davis, candidate for San Marcos Unified School District trustee in Area E

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Q&A: Meet Zesty Harper, candidate for Escondido Union School District trustee in Area 4

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Q&A: Meet Darlene Cossio, candidate for Alpine Unified School District trustee

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Q&A: Meet Jee Manghani, candidate for Rancho Santa Fe School District trustee

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Q&A: Meet Janette Gomez, candidate for Chula Vista Elementary School District trustee in Area 5

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