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Slate cards influence outcome of state schools chief race
- 06-22-2010
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Blog by Louis Freedberg/California Watch
Tony Quinn, co-editor of California Target and one of the most knowledgeable analysts of politics in the state, has an explanation for how a virtual unknown – Larry Aceves – came out as the top vote getter in the first round of the race for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. A decisive factor, he says, were privately funded, and unofficial, slate cards many voters received in the mail, produced by well-established firms like Larry Levine & Associates (for Democratic candidates) and Landslide Communications (for GOP ones). In an article published in the Capitol Morning Report, Quinn, argued the following: Picking through the results of California's historically low-turnout election last week, one conclusion jumps out – candidates and measures that put their money into slate cards made a good investment. (more...)
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