As of this writing–late night on Thursday, September 10–not a single local newspaper has noted Ted Lieu’s opposition to the Iran deal. Only three outlets have reported the news: one is a pro-Israel website, one is a conservative blog, and the third is Breitbart California.
LOS ANGELES – Democrat state Sen. Ted Lieu defeated Republican challenger Elan Carr in the race to succeed Rep. Henry Waxman in California’s 33rd congressional district, according to the Associated Press. Lieu was leading Carr by a 56.3-43.7% margin with
LOS ANGELES — With under 24 hours to go until election day polls open on Tuesday, an influx of outside money has poured into the battle for California’s 33rd congressional district race between Republican criminal gang prosecutor Elan Carr and
LOS ANGELES — Bold Agenda PAC launched a new broadcast television advertisement for 33rd congressional district candidate Elan Carr late last week, with just over two weeks remaining until the November 4 midterm election. Carr, a Republican, is battling state Sen.
President Obama stopped by the campaign headquarters of state Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) on Thursday to offer his endorsement of the candidate in person and to provide some motivation to campaign volunteers working the phones. Lieu is running against Republican
LOS ANGELES — Supporters of Democrat Ben Allen are enlisting the help of unlikely allies in their effort to help him defeat Sandra Fluke for California’s open 26th district State Senate seat: Republican voters. Mailers from Allen’s campaign began arriving
LOS ANGELES — Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) formally announced his endorsement of 33rd district congressional candidate Elan Carr on Monday. Carr is running against state Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) to replace the outgoing Rep. Henry Waxman. McCain’s endorsement comes on
New Age spiritual adviser and author Marianne Williamson turned a lot of heads when she moved to an upscale luxury apartment on the Westside of Los Angeles and announced to her hundreds of thousands of loyal Twitter and Facebook followers
On July 10, as part of a freedom of information lawsuit by Judicial Watch, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan gave the IRS one month to explain in writing and under oath how it lost so many emails to and from Lois
LOS ANGELES — Elan Carr, the Republican nominee vying for the 33rd District congressional seat being vacated by Democratic icon Henry Waxman, raised $434,873 in the second fundraising quarter of 2014, according to FEC reports filed Tuesday. Carr finished the
On Thursday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel, House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa laid out what steps can be taken now as it has been revealed that former IRS official Lois Lerner, who is at the
Republican Elan Carr did the unthinkable this week: he won the primary in California’s 33rd congressional district, winning nearly 22% of the vote and defeating 17 rivals in a district that elected Democrat Henry Waxman for 40 years. Now Carr
California’s 33rd District is rated “safely Democrat” by Rothenberg Political Report/Roll Call and has been represented by Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman for 40 years. Republican Elan Carr just won the 33rd District primary. Carr and Democratic state Sen. Ted Lieu
A new video from political technology startup Crowdpac asks voters whether they will support Angelina Jolie in her upcoming California congressional primary this week. Jolie’s new film, Maleficent, was the winner at last weekend’s box office. And there really is a congressional race
BRENTWOOD — Republican Kevin Mottus is one of eighteen candidates, and three Republicans, listed on the ballot for the June 3 primary to replace retiring Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman in California’s 33rd congressional district. Mottus’s focus throughout the campaign has
Early in the primary race, Breitbart California issued a challenge to each of the 18 contenders for the 33rd congressional district seat currently held by retiring Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman: summarize your candidacy in 100 tweetable characters or less. The
With just a few days left until the polls open in California, the race to succeed outgoing Rep. Henry Waxman in the 33rd congressional district has gotten ugly fast. Front-running campaigns are turning to attack mailers and, in one case,
An innovative new political technology startup called Crowdpac wants to take the confusion out of the political process and provide voters with the resources they need to make informed voting decisions. Their motto: “This election, vote wisely, not blindly.” According
Voters in California’s 33rd congressional district head will decide Tuesday which of an enormous field of 18 contenders will succeed retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) after 40 years in the House. Poll data is scarce, but all signs point to
Voters in California’s 33rd congressional district head will decide Tuesday which of an enormous field of 18 contenders will succeed retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) after 40 years in the House. Poll data is scarce, but all signs point to
It seems almost impossible to think that retiring Rep. Henry Waxman, a one-man liberal institution who has represented the west side of Los Angeles for forty years, could fail to be succeeded by a fellow Democrat. Yet that is precisely
LOS ANGELES, CA — Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, one of the most prominent contributors to Republican candidates in recent elections, will host a fundraiser for Elan Carr in Los Angeles on May 29 in his race to succeed Rep.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, one of the most prominent contributors to Republican candidates in recent elections, will host a fundraiser for Elan Carr in Los Angeles on May 29 in his race to succeed Rep.
With just two weeks remaining until California’s June 3 primary, 33rd District congressional candidate Marianne Williamson is pulling out all the stops. Alanis Morissette performed in support of Williamson on Monday night as part of a campaign rally at the
Republican Elan Carr is just one of 18 candidates running to replace Rep. Henry Waxman in California’s 33rd District. He is also a Republican running in one of the most decidedly Democratic districts in the entire country. Still, in a
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — With just two weeks left until the June 3 primary elections, Republican candidate Elan Carr and Democrats Wendy Gruel, Ted Lieu and Matt Miller–all vying for outgoing Democratic Representative Henry Waxman’s seat–took turns speaking at a pre-election
Rabbi John Rosove, national co-chair of the Rabbinic Council for the left-wing J Street lobby group, posted a fierce defense of the group on Monday, which he said the Los Angeles chapter of J Street had delivered in person to “one
The oh, so tight race to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman in California is attracting some unlikely political forces. Last week, singer Alanis Morissette recorded a campaign song for Marianne Williamson, one of several candidates vying to fill the
Brent Roske, a television producer and director who was running as an independent, has dropped out of the race for the congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and endorsed fellow independent Marianne Williamson. The Williamson campaign released
Democrat Wendy Greuel, running to succeed 20-term Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman (D), has released her first campaign ad of the 2014 primary as early voting starts ahead of the June 3 primary. The ad, according to the Greuel campaign, “highlights
Musician Alanis Morissette did a campaign song for Oprah-favorite self-help guru Marianne Williamson, running as an independent in the race to fill retiring Rep. Henry Waxman’s (D-CA) seat. Morissette emotional lyrics include the singer desperately appealing to voters. Williamson’s wrote
As early voting starts in the race to replace retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), singer Alanis Morissette has cut a campaign song for independent candidate Marianne Williamson. The tune Today brims with the word “revolution” as well as the brand
It’s clear that Hollywood (and Hollywood money) will play a big role in the Congressional race to succeed Rep. Henry Waxman in the 33rd District. Marianne Williamson may be racking up an impressive list of celebrity endorsements, but one candidate
Bill Bloomfield, the Manhattan Beach Republican who became an independent and then challenged 33rd congressional district Rep. Henry Waxman (D) in the 2012 election, is investing almost $200,000 of his own money in the campaign of Democrat Ben Allen in
California’s new “jungle” primary system does not boost turnout, but does raise participation by independent voters, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) reported Thursday. According to the PPIC’s Eric McGhee, the new system, in which all candidates compete together and
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued a report Wednesday saying that one-third of people who signed up for health insurance through new federal exchanges hadn’t paid their first month’s premium as of mid-April, which could undermine the Obama administration’s claims
Several Democrats running to succeed veteran Rep. Henry Waxman (D) in California’s 33rd congressional district have released their first television advertisements. First among the ten Democrats to take to the airwaves was Matt Miller, the Clinton administration official-turned-public radio host
