Who Is Running for Office - (work in progress -updated 9/30/08)


It’s important that we know who all the candidates are, what they have accomplished and where their money comes from. For some reason, sometimes you must click a second time for the (Washington Post links to work properly.)

Presidential Race

Bob Barr - Libertarian - www.bobbarr2008.com - His Record - His Money

Alan Keyes - American Independent (Not to be confused with being an Independent) - www.alankeyes.com - His Record - His Money

John McCain - Republican - www.johnmccain.com - His Record - His Money
Top Contributors as of 9/28 - Merril Lynch, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase & Co., AT&T

Cynthia McKinney - Green - www.votetruth08.com - Her Record - Her Money

Ralph Nader - Independent - www.votenader.org - His Record - His Money

Barack Obama - Democrat - www.barackobama.com - His Record - His Money
Top Contributors as of 9/28 - Goldman Sachs, University of California, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Harvard University

Congressional Race

Sadly, in this race we have only two very poor choices to choose from. When you look at where their money is coming from, we realize that they will be “politicians as usual” with little thought for their constituents. They are both what I call “on the take.” However, McClintock’s ads say Charlie Brown took more than $10,000 from Chuck Rangel. I don’t know why open secrets doesn’t show that to be true. Furthermore, were one to investigate the organizations that McClintock is taking money from, they may be able to draw similar conclusions. McClintock suggests that Brown gives Rangel back the money. I suggest they both give back all the money from special interests and only take contributions from their constituents and then agree to limit the amounts to no more than say, $500. Of course they both don’t have enough ethical backbone to do that. Either way, I think we’re going to be stuck with yet another lousy congressman.

Charlie Brown - Democrat - www.charliebrownforcongress.org - His Record - His Money - Internet Search
Took money from outside the District, Took PAC and Special Interest Money. Took donations up to $10,000. from groups or individuals

Tom McClintock - Republican - www.tommcclintock.com - His Record - His Money - Internet Search
Took money from outside the District, Took PAC and Special Interest Money. Took donations up to $18,400. from groups or individuals

State Assembly
  • In this race, I find a man that didn’t even “show up for the interview” the year he won the office getting red carpet treatment for accomplishing little in the Assembly. I guess District 4 simply doesn’t care what goes on in the CA Assembly. This is a very sad state of affairs when nobody runs against him. It would have been the perfect year for a responsible independent candidate. CA doesn’t show an incumbents record.
Ted Gaines - Republican is running uncontested. His Record

Rocklin City Council
Peter Hill - Incumbent Candidate - See Rocklin Meeting Minutes for record - Internet Search - 460 Campaign Contribution information available at Rocklin City Hall (old 460 stmt table)- My Take

George A. Magnuson - Incumbent Candidate - See Rocklin Meeting Minutes for record - Internet Search - 460 Campaign Contribution information available at Rocklin City Hall (old 460 stmt table) - My Take

David Nelson - Candidate - Internet Search - 460 Campaign Contribution information available at Rocklin City Hall - My Take

Ed Rowan - Candidate - Internet Search - 460 Campaign Contribution information available at Rocklin City Hall - My Take

Brett Storey - Incumbent Candidate - See Rocklin Meeting Minutes for record - Internet Search - 460 Campaign Contribution information available at Rocklin City Hall (old 460 stmt table) - My Take

Angela A. Torrens - Candidate - Internet Search - 460 Campaign Contribution information available at Rocklin City Hall - My Take

Tiffany L. Wadell - Candidate - Internet Search - 460 Campaign Contribution information available at Rocklin City Hall - My Take