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California Republican Party officials; California elected officials and candidates who are registered with the Republican Party; Other activists or notable affiliates with the Republican Democratic Party; This category is not for: People from California who may be registered Republicans, but for whom party registration is a non-defining ...
The Republican Party was born in 1854 as a primary vehicle to oppose the expansion of slavery in the United States. In 1856, Republicans nominated John C. Frémont, one of California's inaugural senators, for the 1856 presidential election, [5] but he lost the state by a wide margin to Democrat and eventual winner James Buchanan, though he did win the state of New York.
A 1956 graduate of Westmont Hilltop High School and a 1957 graduate of The Kiski School, Gleason graduated in 1961 from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.. An insurance broker, Gleason served as chair and CEO of The Gleason Agency, an insurance brokerage firm started by his grandfather and continued by his father, Robert A. Gleason.
She cited party registration data showing Republicans on the upswing, noting that in October, about 150,000 people registered to vote in California as Republicans while Democrats lost 106,000 voters.
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Mar. 12—On Thursday night, the Sutter County Republican Central Committee heard presentations from area candidates running in the upcoming June 7 primary and officially endorsed a handful of ...
James L. Brulte (born April 13, 1956) is an American politician and former chairman of the California Republican Party, having served from March 3, 2013 to February 24, 2019. Brulte formerly served as a Republican in the California State Senate, representing the 31st district, from 1996 to 2004. He also served as the Senate Republican leader ...
The Republican nominee, John McCain, won about 2.7 million votes (44.3%). [7] There were also three other statewide elections that year. Republican State Attorney General Tom Corbett was re-elected with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Democrat John Morganelli. Republicans have held the office of attorney general since it became an elected one in 1980.