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JOHN COX, CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, SLAMMED FOR BRINGING LIVE BEAR ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL

By Miriam Raftery
 
Photos via Cox campaign
Updated May 10 with statement/action alert from Bobbi Brinks, founder of Lions, Tigers and Bears in Alpine
 
May 6, 2021 (San Diego) – California gubernatorial recalls have long been likened to circuses. Now Republican candidate John Cox from San Diego’s north county has added to the circus-like atmosphere and drawn criticism from animal rights activists for hauling a Kodiak brown bear along on his campaign trail.

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JOHN COX AND GAVIN NEWSOM MEET FOR ONLY SCHEDULED DEBATE, DISAGREE ABOUT...PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING

 

By Ben Christopher, CalMatters

CALmatters is an independent public interest journalism venture covering California state politics and government.

Photo:  The debate between Gavin Newsom, left, and John Cox, right, moderated by Scott Shafer of KQED this morning. Pool photo by Jeff Chiu

October 14, 2018 (San Francisco) - The two men competing to be the next governor of California met for their first (and, alas, probably only) one-on-one stand-off today.

If you didn’t see it, that’s because the showdown—which was structured more as a spirited conversation than your standard dueling podiums-style debate—was on the radio, hosted by political reporter Scott Shafer, out of the San Francisco-based station KQED.


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SAN DIEGO REPUBLICANS ARE READY FOR A FIGHT

 

By Eric Bartl

June 14, 2018 (San Diego) -- It wasn't your typical political rally. About 600 people gathered for the San Diego County Republican Party’s bi-monthly event Monday evening, June 11th, at the Town and Country Hotel in Mission Valley. It was the first time California’s 2018 statewide Republican nominees appeared together.


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GOVERNOR'S RACE TO PIT NEWSOM AGAINST COX

 

By Miriam Raftery

June 8, 2018 (Sacramento) – Republican fears of being shut-out of the gubernatorial race in California did not come to pass. The November run-off election will pit Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, against John Cox, a Republican businessman. 

The two have dramatically different visions for California's future, giving voters a clear choice.  Having a Republican on the top of the ticket is also expected to help the GOP with turnout in November, a factor that could help the party's down-ticket race candidates as well in California, a state dominated by Democrats who currently hold every statewide office and control both houses of the Legislature.


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INITIATIVE WOULD MAKE STATE LEGISLATORS WEAR THEIR DONORS’ NAMES

 

By Miriam Raftery

March 22, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - What if politicians in California had to wear NASCAR-style stickers emblazoned with the logos of their campaign contributors? 


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