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Republican Jonathan Fleming, who ran unsuccessfully for City Council District 7 in 2018, is trying a unique campaign tactic in San Jose. In his current campaign for City Council District 2 he is running to the right, the far right. Fleming pictured above with Vice President Mike Pence at a visit to Moffett Field earlier this year, tweeted he was…

Lan Diep, the last remaining Republican on the San Jose City Council, quietly left the Republican Party several months ago and re-registered as Decline to State.  Records at the Santa Clara County Registrar of voters indicate that he made the change on March 11 of this year.  Diep is running for reelection in a hotly contested race against two Democrats,…

San Jose Councilmember Lan Diep is the target of an anonymous political poll released late May that alleges he “violated city policy” by dating a senior staffer and taking her with him on last year’s taxpayer-funded sister city trip to Japan.  The three-day telephone poll — released to more than 400 households in Diep’s District 4 — asked participants how convincing…

We all know Santa Clara is a great place to live. But not if you’re on the Imperial County Office of Education (ICOE) Board Trustees. Last week, Annette Gonzalez-Buttner was ordered to stand trial in Imperial County. She’s accused of falsifying documents in 2017 that said she lived in that county. She was allegedly living in Santa Clara with her…

Today, Josh Becker, candidate for State Senate District 13, announced that he has received the endorsement of California Governor Gavin Newsom. The announcement, which came via email, included a quote from Newsom which in part read, “Josh is a long-time, dedicated community leader and I look forward to continuing to work with him on the key issues of education, housing,…

Another candidate on Monday entered the race to replace Silicon Valley Assemblyman Kansen Chu, setting the stage for one of the region’s most closely-watched races next year. Alex Lee, 23, a policy advisor and former field representative for Assemblyman Evan Low, announced he’s jumping into the fray. He joins a slew of other candidates, including Santa Clara County Board of…

Communications Director Dianna Zamora-Marroquin is taking the reins of the South Bay’s largest, most sophisticated political program as she transitions into the role of Political Director for the South Bay Labor Council.  Zamora-Marroquin, who has been with the Labor Council for four years, brings extensive campaign experience, having worked on numerous races ranging from ballot measures to local and congressional…

We broke the story that 49ers Exec and Stadium Manager Jim Mercurio had a conflict of interest because he has stock in VenueNext, a stadium vendor. We found that info on his Form 700. That’s the economic interest form he’s required to fill out because he makes decisions on behalf of a government agency, the Stadium Authority. That may be…