Street Smarts: Jeff Gorell returns to Ventura County politics in supervisor’s race
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Editorial: Cantor defeat ripples through regional politics
A shock wave. That’s the way area political experts described the stunning defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican whose hopes to become the next Speaker were washed out to sea on June 10 in a primary loss to David Brat, a professor at Randolph-Macon College. For the region, Cantor’s loss will Read More →
Editorial: Incumbents hold their spots in regional races
With the June 3 primary results in, a few of the races we’ve been watching have been decided, a ballot measure has been rejected and November certainly looks more interesting than it did a week ago. Last week’s results in Santa Barbara County represented a victory for incumbent 2nd District Supervisor Janet Wolf and Sheriff Read More →
Ventura County leaders go on the defensive against BRAC
Ventura County’s military, civic and business leaders are getting ready to save their naval base. Again.
The region returns as a battlefield for hotly contested political races
The intersection between business and politics continues to be one of the more fascinating locations on the planet. And so it is in the Tri-Counties, where business, jobs and the economy are going to play a role in three political races worth watching this year.
Editorial: Gorell-Brownley fight could top $10M if race tightens
The implications of the Gorell vs. Brownley race for California’s 26th Congressional District will be felt up and down the ticket on the November 2014 ballot in Ventura County, according to California Lutheran University’s veteran political watcher Herb Gooch.
