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Published September 24Politics Focus | Save the date for VotingMatters – and free tacos
Hey Focus fans! When we hosted an interactive elections-chat event before the June primary highlighting the many then-candidates for California governor, we told our CalMatters partners that we’d be happy with a couple of dozen attendees. All of us were blown away when more than…
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Published September 23LISTEN | Modesto Irrigation District candidates address ‘dysfunction,’ ‘corruption’ and ‘incivility’ in rare debate
Strong opinions and personalities turned up the heat in a recent Modesto Focus-moderated debate of all seven candidates running for three seats on the Modesto Irrigation District board in the upcoming Nov. 3 election. Candidates used words like “dysfunction” and “corruption” when…
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Published September 11WATCH: Jaron Brandon and Alexandra Duarte face off in State Senate 4 debate
State Senate District 4 candidates Jaron Brandon and Alexandra Duarte went head-to-head Thursday morning on a wide range of topics, from healthcare access to immigration, during an in-person debate at Greens on Tenth in Modesto. The event, shown above in its entirety, was…
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Published September 04Political Focus | That’s debatable
Hey Focus fans! Local political debates – the best way to become familiar with candidates, in my opinion – are nearly upon us. Most exciting is a 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1 free in-person debate featuring candidates for Modesto City Council. You are invited! Save that date plus this…
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Published September 03Rep. Adam Gray: Want to know why I voted that way? Just ask
Editor’s note: Rep. Adam Gray authored the following column in response to a story published by The Modesto Focus on Aug. 24 with the headline “Facing mounting criticism over transparency, Gray finally explains controversial House defense vote.” There’s plenty to disagree about…