Abel Maldonado

Here are the California lawmakers, all Republicans, who signed the State Budget-No-Tax Pledge:       - Senators: Sam Aanestad, Roy Ashburn, John Benoit, Dave Cogdill, Dave Cox, Jeff Denham, Bob Dutton, Tom Harman, Dennis Hollingsworth, Abel Maldonado,...

Democrats sent a roster of political graybeards forward into the November general election, according to final results from Tuesday's primary, while Republican voters picked a mix of moderates and conservatives who they hope will help the party extend its...

The offices sound wonky, and they weren't the first choice for many of the candidates running for them in the June 6 primary election. But those who fill the state's two top financial posts can rattle Wall Street and shake financial markets around the...

California's best-known conservative, Sen. Tom McClintock, tried to unite its fractured Republican Party behind Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's reelection on Saturday, urging GOP loyalists to set aside qualms about his vast spending plans and envision the...

A Republican candidate for state controller and his legislator wife have funneled campaign money into each other's consulting firms, in effect boosting their income through political donations, campaign finance reports show. Over a little more than...

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday that he and lawmakers will try to quickly solve the state's $21.3 billion deficit without taxes, gimmicks or much borrowing. The Republican governor told reporters after a prayer breakfast in the...

by Frank James The Democratic National Convention isn't even half over and already we're looking ahead to next week's Republican version which Republicans have dubbed the "Country First" convention to tie in with the overarching theme of Sen. John McCain'...

Today's topic: What do Tuesday's results mean for the California GOP? Does the voters' rejection of the budget deal empower Republicans to be even less compromising, or does it encourage Democrats in Sacramento to marginalize and ignore the GOP by any...

by Frank James ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Tonight's Republican Natioinal Convention has just been e-mailed out to us. Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen,. John MCain's vice presidential choice, is the star attraction. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani is the......

Along the south shore of San Francisco Bay, from the bookstores of Palo Alto to the estates of Atherton, one man's checkbook has created an Assembly race where it otherwise wouldn't exist. In a district dominated by Democrats, Republican Steve Poizner...