BULLETIN(09): 11/24/10 -- STEVE COOLEY  CONCEDES (Final Update)

"Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley conceded defeat Wednesday as he trailed by more than 50,000 votes in one of the closest statewide races in California history."  Vote Tally

It should be noted that the far-left Harris is anti-death penalty, pro-environment and is likely to continue Jerry Brown's anti-business policies while in office. In my view, this is a low point for California and justice.

BULLETIN(08): 11/20/10 -- STEVE COOLEY  BEHIND BY 42,114 VOTES

Harris, the Democratic candidate, led by 42,114 votes, with 305,004 uncounted ballots left to be processed across California, according to a Times review of updated vote counts in all 58 counties. Of those ballots, 185,937 are in counties Harris carried on election day, and 119,067 are in counties that Cooley, the Republican, carried. <Source>

BULLETIN(07): 11/17/10 -- STEVE COOLEY  BEHIND BY 29,738 VOTES

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris holds a 29,738-vote lead over Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley in the attorney general's race entering today's ballot count.Harris has 4,189,949 votes to Cooley's 4,160,211, or 46 percent versus 45.6 percent, according to figures released by the Secretary of State's Office. <Source> 671,594 ballots remain unprocessed.

BULLETIN(06): 11/13/10 -- STEVE COOLEY  SLIGHTLY BEHIND BY 3,609VOTES

"Updated numbers from several counties put Harris ahead by 3,609 votes. The majority of the remaining votes -- about 500,000 statewide -- are so-called provisional ballots, which are given to voters when polling places do not have a record of their registration, often because a voter has moved since registering." <Source>

BULLETIN(05): 11/12/10 -- STEVE COOLEY STILL SLIGHTLY AHEAD BY 29,000 VOTES

"The secretary of state's office has Republican Steve Cooley about 20,000 votes ahead of Democrat Kamala Harris in their see-saw battle for attorney general, but Cooley said Friday that a county-by-county check indicates he's leading by nearly 29,000 votes."

"Cooley's campaign said it contacted every county to determine his lead. After the Election Day vote tally, more than 2 million absentee and provisional ballots were left unprocessed. There are still nearly 1 million."  <Source>

BULLETIN(04): 11/11/10 -- STEVE COOLEY STILL SLIGHTLY AHEAD BY 28,500 VOTES

"Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley continued Wednesday to cling to a lead of about 28,500 votes in the race for California attorney general, according to a L.A. Times review of website updates by all 58 counties."

Some reports put that lead at  between 9,555 and 11,400 votes. Well within striking range of vote count manipulation and the envitable lawyers and re-counts.

BULLETIN(03): 11/10/10 -- STEVE COOLEY STILL SLIGHTLY AHEAD BY 43,000 VOTES

"Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley holds a 43,212-vote lead over San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris in the race for attorney general entering today's count of vote by mail, provisional and damaged ballots."

"Cooley has 3,875,037 votes, 46.1 percent, to 3,831,825 for Harris, 45.5 percent."

"Under state law, county registrars of voters must complete the vote counting by Nov. 30 and provide their counts to the Secretary of State's Office by Dec. 3, 2010." <Source> 

Surprisingly, as of this date, we have not heard of any indications of fraud or malfeasance in the counting process.

BULLETIN(02): 11/07/10 -- STEVE COOLEY SLIGHTLY AHEAD ...

With roughly a million ballots still waiting to be counted in the extremely tight race, the Republican candidate pulled ahead of San Francisco Dist. Atty. and Kamala Harris by 22,817 votes -– or just three-tenths of a percentage point. Harris, a Democrat, had led the race by about 9,000 votes just two days earlier.

BULLETIN(01): 11/05/10 --  SOMETHING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED BY THE DEMOCRAT SECRETARY OF STATE ... 

Attorney general race hangs in the balance as 2 million votes remain uncounted.

Original blog entry ...

For Senator, there is only one real choice to stem the tide of Marxism that is being promoted by this current Senate under the direction of Harry Reid. I believe that Carly Fiorina, like Meg Whitman, is not a conservative but is infinitely better than Barbara Boxer, arguably one of the dumbest, most vain Senators in the country.

Californians have returned the stupidest and most vain Senator to office … Barbara Boxer (Dem) -- 3,850,106 (52.0%) Carly Fiorina (Rep) -- 3,155,681 (42.6%)

U.S. Senator

Republican Carly Fiorina                       www.carlyforca.com Business Executive Democratic Barbara Boxer www.barbaraboxer.com United States Senator  American Independent Edward C. Noonan Computer Store Owner Green Duane Roberts www.voteforduane.org Community Volunteer Libertarian Gail K. Lightfoot Retired Nurse Peace and Freedom Marsha Feinland www.feinlandforsenate.org Retired Teacher

For governor I recommend Meg Whitman. She is more liberal than I like and smarter than the RINO (Republican In Name Only) poseur Arnold Schwarzenegger. Considering that Jerry Brown is ultra-liberal (Marxist) and is totally owned by the unions, this is the only way I feel confident that California will not be totally destroyed.

Californians have decided to reward the unions and the special interests over the “regular” folks by electing Jerry Brown to office. Look for the exodus of people and companies to begin as “global warming” regulations decimate the state.  Jerry Brown (Dem) -- 4,009,280 (53.6%) Meg Whitman (Rep) -- 3,088,070 (41.3%)

Governor

[X]  Republican Meg Whitman www.megwhitman.com Businesswoman Democratic Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown www.jerrybrown.org Attorney General of California   American Independent Chelene Nightingale www.nightingaleforgovernor.com Business Owner Green Laura Wells www.laurawells.org Financial Systems Consultant Libertarian Dale F. Ogden – John and Ken’s Pick www.daleogden.org Business Consultant/Actuary Peace and Freedom Carlos Alvarez www.votepsl.org Retail Worker

Here I have to hold my nose to vote for Maldonado, who reneged on his “no new taxes” pledge to vote with the democrats to give California one of the largest tax increases in history. As his reward, Schwarzenegger named him as the interim Lt. Governor.

Gavin Newsom, another ultra-liberal maintained a sanctuary city, was complicit in the practice of shielding violent illegal aliens and openly pandered to the gays to maintain his position. He is responsible for the deaths of a father and his two sons at the hands of an illegal alien gang member who was processed by Newsom’s system and set free to kill again. It should be noted that Maldonado is an open borders advocate and likely to be little or no help when it comes to issues of illegal aliens. I am glad he Lt. Governor has little actual power in California.

Here is the poster boy for illegal aliens, being soft on crime and pandering to the gay minority. Gavin Newsom (Dem) -- 3,632,179 (50.0%) Abel Maldonado (Rep) -- 2,863,057 (39.5%)

Lieutenant Governor

[X] Republican Abel Maldonado www.abelmaldonado2010.com Senator/Businessman/Farmer Democratic Gavin Newsom                               www.gavinnewsom.com Mayor, City and County of San Francisco American Independent Jim King vote4king.blogspot.com Real Estate Broker Green James "Jimi" Castillo www.jimicastillo.org Cultural Spiritual Advisor Libertarian Pamela J. Brown www.cawantsfreedom.com Economics Professor Peace and Freedom C.T. Weber www.ctweberforlieutenantgovernor.org Retired Government Analyst

I am voting Republican, especially since Debra Bowen got caught in a democrat "dirty trick." http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/11/crp-files-complaint-against-ma.html 

Sorry, another Soros-backed Secretary of State who has shown she is willing to go along with democrat dirty tricks. Debra Bowen (Dem) -- 3,786,174 (53.1%) Damon Dunn (Rep) -- 2,751,863 (38.6%)

Secretary of State

Republican Damon Dunn www.damondunn.com Small Business Owner Democratic Debra Bowen www.debrabowen.com Secretary of State  American Independent Merton D. Short Aviator Green Ann Menasche www.voteann.org Civil Rights Attorney Libertarian Christina Tobin www.tobinforca.org Voting Rights Advocate Peace and Freedom Marylou Cabral www.votepsl.org Community Volunteer

I have met Tony Strickland and believe he is an honest, stand-up guy (for a politician) and considering the drama of John Chiang, there is no way I want to see Chiang continue in office.

It appears the drama queen is back as the controller. John Chiang (Dem) -- 3,939,967 (54.9%) Tony Strickland (Rep) -- 2,620,509 (36.5%)

Controller

Republican Tony Strickland                         State Senator/Businessman Democratic John Chiang Controller  American Independent Lawrence G. Beliz Independent Businessman Green Ross D. Frankel www.electross.com Accountant Libertarian Andrew "Andy" Favor www.andyfavor.net Certified Public Accountant Peace and Freedom Karen Martinez www.peaceandfreedom.org Retired

I do not trust Bill Lockyer and feel that Mimi Walters would be a great change and a chance to restore fiscal responsibility to the State.

Another stunningly bad choice. Bill Lockyer (Dem) -- 4,034,225 (56.4%) Mimi Walters (Rep) -- 2,607,732 (36.5%)

Treasurer

Republican Mimi Walters                       www.mimiwalters.com Businesswoman/Senator  Democratic Bill Lockyer www.lockyer2010.com California State Treasurer American Independent Robert Lauten www.robertlauten.com  Green Charles "Kit" Crittenden www.crittendenforstatetreasurer.com Retired Professor Libertarian Edward M. Teyssier Business Owner/Attorney C/O Microwave Solutions Inc Peace and Freedom Debra L. Reiger Retired Technology Manager

Steve Cooley has done a credible job in Southern California and there is absolutely no way I would vote for the ultra-liberal Kamala Harris who is not only soft on crime, but believes criminals need to be rehabilitated rather than punished. There is no way she should be involved with liberal issues pertaining to environmental or immigration issues.

Californians are in big trouble as the hyperpartisan Kamala Harris does not seem to favor citizens over criminals and is likely to look the other way in matters of democrat corruption while prosecuting anti-business laws. Kamala D. Harris (Dem) -- 3,292,836 (45.9%) Steve Cooley (Rep) -- 3,277,998 (45.7%)

Attorney General

Republican Steve Cooley                       www. stevecooley.com District Attorney Democratic Kamala D. Harris www.kamalaharris.org District Attorney, City and County of San Francisco American Independent Diane Beall Templin templin4attorneygeneral.blogspot.com Attorney/RE Broker Green Peter Allen www.peterallenforag.com Attorney Libertarian Timothy J. Hannan Attorney/Arbitrator/Mediator Peace and Freedom Robert J. Evans Criminal Defense Lawyer

Once again, I must hold my nose as Mike Villines voted with the democrats, as did Maldonado, for the crippling tax increase that plagues Californians.

Meet the new health insurance czar who is likely to pander to the insurance companies to advance the Obama agenda. Dave Jones (Dem) -- 3,544,003 (50.5%) Mike Villines (Rep) -- 2,650,383 (37.8%)

Insurance Commissioner

Republican Mike Villines Businessman/State Assemblyman Democratic Dave Jones                                                    www.davejones2010.com Member, California State Assembly  American Independent Clay Pedersen Retail Manager Green William Balderston Teacher/Union Organizer Libertarian Richard S. Bronstein Licensed Insurance Broker Peace and Freedom Dina Josephine Padilla www.padilla4insurancecommissioner.com Injured Worker Consultant

Bottom Line …

Californians clearly blew one of our only chances to restore California to its golden status. But if we continue to perpetuate a one-party state, we have essentially given the corrupt and Marxist democrat liberals carte blanche to continue their turnover of this State to Mexico and to promote their anti-business global warming policies which will do nothing measurable to change our global climate.

California will remain a haven for illegal aliens and welfare recipients. As taxes continue to rise and more onerous rules and regulations imposed, more wealthy individuals and businesses will move out of state – making the financial  and social situation untenable and unlivable. Perhaps exactly what the Marxists want.

We have voted ourselves into oblivion if the democrats continue the very activities which have decimated our state treasury and wreaked havoc on our social infrastructure.

I guess the bottom line is that the pain was not great enough to overcome the democrat’s union support and dirty tricks.

Please feel free to disagree with my choices, but if you wish to comment, please give reasons.

-- steve

Reference Links:

Official California Election Results – Secretary of State

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