Tag: Henry Waxman

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

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

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

California’s “jungle primary” system, in which all candidates compete in a common primary, continues to befuddle the two major political parties. Just as in the 33rd congressional district, where a crowded field and strong campaigns by Republican and independent candidates

For 40 years, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has ensured that the Democratic Party owned West Los Angeles. But after a tough re-election fight in 2012 and the likely prospect of remaining in the minority in the Republican-controlled House for the

Two Democratic Party candidates in the primary race for California’s 33rd congressional district in West Los Angeles have accused local party officials of using an arbitrary fundraising minimum to favor established insiders–then raising that minimum at the last moment to

Each of the candidates in the running to replace retiring Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman in California’s 33rd congressional district–home to Breitbart News HQ–filed the first quarterly finance reports of the year with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday, listing contributions

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Senator Dick Durbin, (D-IL) have published the data from a congressional staff investigation so the lawmakers can attack e-cigarettes. There are calls from California lawmakers for the Food and Drug Administration to start getting involved in

The Pacific Palisades Democratic Club set a standard for Democrats vying to replace retiring Rep. Henry Waxman (D) in the 33rd congressional district: You must have raised $200,000 by April 8 to qualify. The club used that standard to whittle down

Even though Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) is retiring after twenty terms in office, he is still exerting his influence by pressuring the Tribune Co. not to spin off the Los Angeles Times into a separate company. According to Southern California