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Early voting in San Diego County shows Republicans are slightly ahead of Democrats in casting ballots for the Nov. 6 election. Read More »
Tag Archives: election 2018
How San Diego fueled California’s gas tax repeal effort
Proposition 6 is considered a potential historic opportunity for Republicans in California, a state where Democrats dominate both houses of the Legislature. Read More »
The Weekender for July 7, 2018
A weekly roundup for July 2 - July 6, including stats on fireworks-related fires in California and the vote tally of two San Diego City Council races. Read More »
‘Unprecedented’ outside spending for county supervisor’s seat and more to come
Republicans want to find a way to keep the county supervisor's seat. Democrats see it as an opportunity to finally wrest the seat from the hands of the GOP. Read More »
Mapping the vote in San Diego’s key 2018 primary races
Our maps allow you to explore voting results by precinct in six of this year’s most high-profile races: the 49th and 50th congressional districts; the 4th and 5th county Board of Supervisors districts; district attorney; and sheriff. Read More »
Breaking down the outside spending in the district attorney’s race
San Diego County voters are being bombarded with mailers and commercials about the two candidates running for district attorney in the June election. One television ad shows interim District Attorney Summer Stephan standing in front of law books speaking to an audience. A mailer shows Deputy Public Defender Geneviéve Jones-Wright smiling as she talks to an older woman. Many of ... Read More »
San Diego County’s campaign finance data is hard to search. We’re here to help.
The city’s system isn’t perfect, but it’s easier to search than the county’s. So inewsource has compiled the county’s e-filed reports into an easy-to-use searchable database that includes money raised and spent by campaigns since January 2017. Read More »
San Diego assemblywoman fined $4,000 for campaign finance violations
The state Fair Political Practices Commission fined Assemblywoman Shirley Weber $4,000 for failing to report large contributions in a timely manner. Read More »
Darrell Issa and his $1 million in leftover campaign funds
What will Rep. Darrell Issa, one of the richest men in Congress, do with the more than $1 million in his campaign coffer now that he is officially not running for re-election? The Vista Republican hasn’t said publicly how he plans to use the money. His office didn’t respond this week to requests by inewsource for comment. But what we ... Read More »