Posts Tagged ‘ Special Election ’

Election Today in the 72nd Assembly District

January 12, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
Election Today in the 72nd Assembly District

It all comes down to today. The campaigning to replace disgraced former Assemblyman Mike “Open Mike” Duvall has came to an end. At 8 :00 pm tonight the voting does too. Three candidates are facing off in this run-off election;  County Supervisor Chris Norby (Republican), School Teacher John MacMurray (Democrat), and Systems Engineer Jane Rands...
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AP’s Top News Stories of 2009

December 31, 2009
By Dan Chmielewski

I would have thought the confirmation of Justice Sotomayor would have warranted inclusion, but per the editors of the Associated Press, here are the top news stories of 2009. Here are 2009’s top 10 stories as voted by the U.S. editors and news directors:  -1. THE ECONOMY: Despite a $787 billion federal stimulus package, much of...
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MacMurray Lifted by Energized Campaign Into A.D. #72 Run-Off With Norby

November 18, 2009
By Deborah White
MacMurray Lifted by Energized Campaign Into A.D. #72 Run-Off With Norby

Assembly District #72 candidate Democrat John MacMurray gratefully thanked a crowd of supporters gathered at his home last night by acknowledging the importance of their energized get-out-the-vote effort to his extremely strong showing against a host of well-known North Orange County Republicans in yesterday’s special election. And, indeed, because of Democratic enthusiasm for his candidacy,...
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Norby, Ackerman Carry On Duvall Tradition of Sleazy Republican Politics in A.D. #72 Special Election

October 25, 2009
By Deborah White
Norby, Ackerman Carry On Duvall Tradition of Sleazy Republican Politics in A.D. #72 Special Election

At the torrid rate at which Republicans Chris Norby, Orange County Supervisor, and Linda Ackerman, wife of former Assemblyman/Senator Dick Ackerman, are publicly sliming each other, Democrat John MacMurray stands a solid chance to garner a clear victory in heavily-Republican Assembly District #72’s special election to replace Republican Mike “Family Values” Duvall, who resigned...
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Norby: Are bike helmets making kids fat?

October 21, 2009
By Chris Prevatt

This headline from the Orange County Register caught my eye this morning. O.C. supervisor: Are bike helmets making kids fat? That brings us to the bike-helmet question (the video is here, about 1 hour, 12 minutes in). Norby, a Republican who’s seeking the state Assembly seat formerly held by Mike Duvall, brought it up as part of his larger point: that children...
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72nd Special Election: MacMurray taking campaign door to door.

October 17, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
72nd Special Election: MacMurray taking campaign door to door.

John MacMurray is the Democrat running to fill the vacancy in the 72nd Assembly District. You may have read that the previous occupant of that seat left in disgrace. Click here to read the story! While most coverage has been focused on the three Republicans running in the race, little if anything has been reported...
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Campaign to Replace Duvall Begins

October 6, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Campaign to Replace Duvall Begins

Monday at 5 pm was the deadline for candidates seeking to complete the final year of disgraced Assemblyman Mike Duvall’s term in the 72nd Assembly District. From an initial field of 9 potntial candidates we now have 5 in the race. Three Republicans, one Democrat, and one Green Party member filed their paperwork and paid...
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