Scott Gabaldon is the tribal chairman of the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley, who are seeking to have their tribal status restored by the federal government. The Mishewal Wappo Indians of Alexander Valley could be called Sonoma County’s lost tri

San Francisco philanthropist Susie Tompkins Buell, who for decades has ranked as one of the Democratic Party's most generous benefactors, is keeping her checkbook closed when it comes to President Obama's high-priced California fundraisers this week. "I

About 20 members of Occupy Petaluma gathered recently with Mayor David Glass and Vice Mayor Tiffany Renée at the home of Wendy Booth, a Petaluma woman struggling to keep her home. They beamed at cameras as Booth hammered a gray and white sign reading “Fo

LOS ANGELES » California's congressional delegation, the largest and most influential in the nation, is undergoing a major upheaval, the result of reapportionment and retirements, threatening the state's influence in Washington next year and forcing memb

Lynn Woolsey spent the day after her election to Congress in 1992 receiving flowers and phone calls from supporters. A North Coast congressional seat held by liberal Democratic women for the past 30 years is up for grabs this year, with at least five men

The GOP could just as well send me requests for donations. And I'd be as likely to give to them as I am to EMILY's List. In fact, whenever anyone sends me any news about an EMILY's List endorsement, the first thing I do is reply with this post from Augus

In 2010 Nick Ruiz ran as a Green Party write-in candidate in a central Florida district with a reactionary Democratic incumbent, Suzanne Kosmas, and an insane teabagger challenger, Sandy Adams. Nick didn't really expect to win but he very much wanted to

Rep. Heath Shuler, a co-chairman of the Blue Dog Coalition, is the latest Democratic agitator to announce he will not seek another term. Some of the most combative House Democrats will be gone from the chamber next year, leaving the Caucus without its mo

As we approach the one-year anniversary of mass protests in Bahrain on February 14th, reversing these bans would support your pledge to engage international organizations and individuals "in order to ensure that there is no return to unacceptable practic

The top two candidates, regardless of party, will face off in November. San Rafael Democratic Assemblyman Jared Huffman leads candidates in fundraising among those seeking to replace

Representative Barney Frank (D.-Mass.) et al. have renewed a proposal to double President Obama’s projected cuts in military spending. Hardly a radical idea, given the bloated size of the Pentagon, Frank, Representative Lynn Woolsey and others wrote to O

The White House should cut nearly twice the $487 billion by which it has committed to reducing the Pentagon’s budget, said Rep. Barney Frank (P-MA) and three other Progressive-Democrats. They said the planned cuts, announced last Thursday by Defense Secr

January 25, 2012 The Honorable Max Baucus United States Senate 511 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Baucus: As you begin meeting to craft a conference report to accompany H.R. 3630, we urge you to oppose any proposals that wo

Huffman's release emphasizes that Huffman "received more votes than all of the other Democratic candidates combined." Two of the Democratic candidates vying to replace retiring Rep. Lynn Woolsey competed Monday to see who could make the best lemonade fro

State Democratic Party regional delegates who met in Santa Rosa Saturday could not agree on which candidate to endorse to succeed outgoing Rep. Lynn Woolsey. That means no candidate in the 2nd Congressional District primary race will benefit from mailers

Rep. Barney Frank is one of the 25 House Members and Senators who have announced they are retiring at the end of this Congress, resulting in the loss of decades of institutional memory and influence. When Rep. Barney Frank (Mass.) settles into his seat T

The battle for the Republican presidential nomination may or may not be decided by the end of this month. The battle for control of the Senate, on the other hand, is likely to go on all the way until the final votes are cast in November. The numbers sugg

The retirement of Rep. Jerry Lewis, dean of the California House GOP, marks the sixth and most significant departure from Congress in the wake of a new redistricting plan, portending a dramatic shake-up of the state's delegation. California, after a deca

Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Redlands), dean of California's GOP congressional delegation and a fixture in Golden State politics since Ronald Reagan's governorship, on Thursday announced he would retire when his term expires, further shaking up the state's Washin