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Rep. Charlie Gonzalez confirmed that Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel has already asked him about the $186,000 he reported in the bank at the end of December.

Congressman Heath Shuler speaks at an electric charging station in Asheville in December.

Republican Rep. Jeff Denham has a ranch in Atwater, a residence in Turlock and his wife and children with him in Northern Virginia.

The ranks of the Blue Dog Coalition thinned even more with Rep. Heath Shuler 's retirement announcement today, immediately calling the group's future into question.

The Thoroughbred Owners of California announced Feb. 2 that six additional persons have qualified to run for the revamped TOC Board of Directors through the nomination-by-petition process.

Behold-the latest edition of DKE's 2012 House Open Seat Watch is finally here! This has been a long time coming , in large part due to the fact that redistricting has added an element of chaos to what was, in past cycles, a mostly routine book-keeping endeavor.

The nominees, along with those who qualify to run for the board through the nomination-by-petition process, will make up the ballot for an open election to fill all 15 seats on the TOC board, the organization said.

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It could get very expensive. But the alternative, lawmakers warn, could be continued hardship for California residents and sustained political trouble for the president.

Shortly after President Barack Obama finished his third State of the Union address Tuesday evening, lawmakers with ties to the area offered their perspectives on the talk.

Vice President Joe Biden on Jan. 26 will respond to questions posed to him on Twitter, he announced late Tuesday on his Twitter account.

Local and state officials in California have been more than patient with the nation's top housing regulator.

In the age of smart phones and Twitter, a public train car probably isn't the best place to talk campaign strategy, as Assembly candidate Michele Martinez learned this week.

Add Rep. Dennis Cardoza to the long list of individuals and interests weighing in on the online gambling legislation discussions going on under the dome.

Reps. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater, were among 27 California members of Congress who sent a letter Thursday that pleads for President Barack Obama to take stronger action on the foreclosure crisis.

More than two dozen U.S. House of Representatives Democrats from California are asking President Barack Obama to make another end run around stonewalling Republicans, this time for the sake of the housing market.