State Department On Afghanistan Ceasefire Announcement
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/07/2018 03:34 PM
Washington, DC...MODERATOR: Thank you, ma’am, and good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us for today’s background call on the ceasefire in Afghanistan. Joining us today on the call is [Senior State Department Official]. We will refer to him as a senior – the Senior State Department Official. As a reminder, this call is on background and the contents of the call will be embargoed until the end. So with that, I’ll turn it over to [Senior State Department Official] for some opening statements, and then we’ll take some questions.
Jessica Morse Statement on Called Primary Election Results in 4th Congressional District
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/06/2018 08:20 AM
Roseville, CA...Following last night's primary results, whereupon she will advance to the November general election, Democratic candidate Jessica Morse released the following statement: "A year ago, I launched my campaign for Congress because I believed that the 4th Congressional District deserved a representative who would put the important issues facing our community first.
Incumbent Leslie Davis Will Be Assessing You For Another Term
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/05/2018 11:11 PM
San Andreas, CA...Incumbent Leslie Davis has earned another term as the Assessor in Calaveras County. Local Realtor Tim Muetterties came up short but he should take some solace that unseating incumbent department heads is a very tough challenge.
Arnold, CA....The Calaveras County District 3 Supervisorial race in November will be a repeat of 4 years ago. Only this time Oliveira is the incumbent and Callaway is the Challenger.
Sonora, Ca...Most of the results are in for Tuolumne County and it looks like most of the contested offices will be heading to November. The details are below...
Uphill Battle For State Senate Candidate Tom Pratt
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/05/2018 10:29 PM
Murphys, CA...In a sad local story it looks like Murphys resident and Vallecito School Board Member Tom Pratt who was running as a moderate Democrat will be outflanked to the left in the battle to represent the Democratic Party in November against Republican Andreas Borgeas. The District 8 State Senate Seat is being vacated by Tom Berryhill as he is being term limited out.
San Andreas, CA...Calaveras County June 5th Election Results. We just checked in with the elections office in San Andreas and they are getting all of the absentee ballots queued up for the first tabulating run after 8pm. Typically first results are reported 8:30 - 8:45pm. Then it is the waiting game as the precincts come in to see if there are enough votes to change the initial results in tight races. Most experts are expecting the contested races to head to November but there may be a few surprises for some races where one party's vote is split. Yes the result post is looooong but that is the only way to show the Measure A results without scrolling.
