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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: Getty Images PhotoJune 8, 2010, may seem like a long time from now, Democratic candidates for California governor already lining up. Here's the rundown.

The leading candidate ... >

In a stunning announcement, City Hall sources revealed that Marcus Allen told Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa that he will not be accepting the City’s #1 Staff Position.  Despite having assurances that the votes for his confirmation were in place, the Mayor’s office did not do the job that ... >

Term-limited Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez has no place to go in elected office for at least two years, so he is talking up the possibility succeeding Art Torres as Chairman of the California Democratic The job suits Nunez’s skills as a fundraiser, but it is doubtful that he will be able ... >

Add this to your summer reading list: the first female House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will release her autobiography, "Open House," around August.

As you know, it's a story that began in Baltimore at the home of her father and famous pol Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. Hopefully ... >

Republican presidential candidate John McCain will campaign in California on Thursday.  He’ll participate in a roundtable discussion at Finelite Inc. in Union City at 10:30 AM, and at a McCain rally at 3:45 PM at the A.G. Spanos Jet Center in Stockton. >

Incumbent Carole Migden is running third in the hotly contested Democratic State Senate primary in District 3, according to a KPIX-TV/SurveyUSA poll released today.  Assemblyman Mark Leno holds a huge lead over his two opponents --  Leno, with 42%, leads former Assemblyman Joe ... >

Back in the day -- and today in reruns -- Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld put a show on TV "about nothing." Now, Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure as governor of California would be lucky to be about even that. The same can be said for the state legislature.

"The governor ... >

We just had quite a week on the money in politics front. The Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee informed his reform-minded public that he was opting out of public financing for the general election because the system is broken. This, unless you listen only to the Democrat's ... >

We just had quite a week on the money in politics front.  The Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee informed his reform-minded public that he was opting out of public financing for the general election because the system is broken.  This, unless you listen only to the Democrat's ... >

Telecom immunity. Public financing. Faith-based initiatives. NAFTA. Just words? >

So much for our promise to liberate Iraq, not to occupy it, and not to cart off its riches. >

Until this year, all presidential nominees since 1972 have accepted federal money and the restrictions that come with it. >