A surprisingly tense election for California's North Coast Assembly seat pits longtime local leaders against state Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks. Hicks moved to the region from L.A. just a few years ago — but brings with him significant funding and clout.
An open letter signed by 27 delegates – there are roughly 3,500 in total – accuse Hicks of essentially abandoning his post as CDP chair, claiming he cannot possibly run the democratic party in the nation’s most populous state while simultaneously campaigning for an assembly seat.
I attended the California Democratic Party Convention, November 17 through 19, in Sacramento. I always expect that some controversy will spill over into the convention and that was most certainly
On Monday, just a day after the California Democratic Party Convention wrapped up in Sacramento, party Chair Rusty Hicks launched his campaign to succeed Jim Wood as the next representative of Assembly District 2, which comprises Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma and Trinity counties.
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