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Valley Dems Survive Low Turnout: Speed Bumps Ahead

June 13, 2022 By Eric Caine 4 Comments

Adam Gray

More than most anywhere else in the state, Valley Democrats depend on heavy turnouts to survive, especially during primaries, when crowded fields of candidates slice and dice votes so that outcomes often depend on hard-core voters whose loyalties tend deeply conservative and favor hard-right candidates. Even though turnouts for this year’s primaries rivaled all-time lows, outcomes were often surprising. In most races, Valley Democrats exceeded expectations, especially in the contest […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Adam Gray, Adam Gray for Congress, Anna Caballero, Esmeralda Soria for Assembly, Jessica Self for Assembly, Tim Robertson for Senate

Valley Voters: With Democracy in Peril

May 10, 2022 By Eric Caine 7 Comments

Jessica Self 14 April 2022 Modesto

There are two imperatives this election year. First and foremost is the pressing need to defeat American authoritarianism. That need obliterates almost everything else. It can be addressed by withholding votes from Republicans no matter who or where they are and no matter what they’re running for. Led by Donald Trump, the Republican Party has made clear its opposition to free and fair elections, democratic rule, and commitment to the […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Adam Gray, Adam Gray for Congress, California Congressman Josh Harder, Esmeralda Soria for Assembly, Jessica Self for Assembly, Mani Grewal, Mani Grewal for Supervisor, Stanislaus County Supervisor Terry Withrow, Terry Withrow, Tim Robertson for Senate, Tony Madrigal for Supervisor

Josh Harder’s Shadow Looms Over District 13 Race for Congress

April 28, 2022 By Eric Caine 5 Comments

Josh Harder 2020

The conventional wisdom says Merced’s Adam Gray is an easy winner in this year’s race for Congress in California’s newly configured District 13 (CA-13). Gray’s years in the State Assembly District in the same region as CA-13 give him what amounts to incumbent status and his careful cultivation of the conservative Democrat “Blue Dog” persona theoretically immunizes him from threats to his right. It’s supposedly impossible for San Joaquin Valley […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Adam Gray for Congress, Assembly Member Adam Gray, California Congressional District 13, California Congressman Josh Harder, Phil Arballo for Congress

Phil Arballo Has Serious Questions for Adam Gray

March 3, 2022 By Eric Caine 8 Comments

Phil Arballo

Josh Harder did more than upset incumbent Republican Congressman Jeff Denham in 2018, he also upset the conventional wisdom. Prior to Harder’s win, Valley Democrats were barely distinguishable from Republicans. The conventional wisdom said that in one of the reddest regions in the state, Democrats could win only by fending off competition from the right, hence the cloning of the “Blue Dog” Democrat, a political species so adept at mimicry […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Adam Gray donors, Adam Gray for Congress, Phil Arballo, Phil Arballo for Congress

Flash! Harder to Run in 9, Adam Gray in 13

January 18, 2022 By Eric Caine 8 Comments

Josh Harder and Sue Zwahlen Modesto 6 April 21

In a stunning move brought about by the tumult resulting from redistricting in California, Josh Harder just announced he will now be running for Congress in California District 9, a slot previously designated for Representative Jerry McNerney, who is stepping down. Harder had only recently announced for District 13, which includes a large swath of Adam Gray’s current Assembly District. Persistent rumors have circulated that Gray was also thought well-suited […]

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