Ninety-five percent of the Local 1000-endorsed candidates won their races - including all eight statewide constitutional offices. In races for state Senate, candidates we endorsed won 12 of 13 races. In the Assembly races, Local 1000-endorsed candidates won in 51 of 53 decided races. Results are still pending in three other Assembly races where Local 1000 made an endorsement.

By Ben Smith

SEIU, which spent millions carrying Jerry Brown among Hispanic voters, circulated a memo in the race's late days arguing that a combination of its campaign and Meg Whitman's nanny mess shifted the race dramatically out of her reach in the last month.

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Faced with Jerry Brown's intensifying attacks on her call to end California's tax on capital gains, Meg Whitman has responded with one of the hoariest political lines in the Republican campaign play book: the Democratic nominee, she says, is engaging in "class warfare."

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By Samantha Young

Democrat Jerry Brown says his rival for governor sounds a lot like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger -- a comparison Republican candidate Meg Whitman says is true, but only to a point.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is running a TV ad attacking Democratic nominee Jerry Brown for his record on pensions for state employees. Following is the text of the ad and an analysis by David Siders of The Bee Capitol Bureau:

Read the ad and analysis at SacBee.com >>

By Thomas D. Elias

Just over seven years ago, as Arnold Schwarzenegger ran for governor in the 2003 recall election, he constantly visited small business after small business over a period of weeks in September and October.

The companies ranged from trucking firms to makers of airplane parts, from builders of movie sets to outfits that paint the sides of luxury buses used by traveling music acts.

These three propositions on the November ballot could potentially impose far-reaching effects on the budget and the state's ability to raise revenue. Proposition 24, 25 and 26 all deserve a careful, in-depth look by Local 1000 members.

Politics matter more than ever

Facing furloughs, threats of minimum wage and political attacks from many fronts, the phrase "politics matter" has never been more important to California state workers.

By Elise Viebeck

California's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown leads Republican opponent Meg Whitman 52 to 39 percent among likely voters, according to a new Time/CNN/Opinion Research poll released Wednesday.

Read more at TheHill.com >>

The California Labor Federation has compiled a comprehensive fact-check on all of the misinformation Meg Whitman has been touting as fact over the last year. Using news sources, expert analysis and scholarly articles, they concisely refute 18 different lies that Whitman has said during the course of her campaign.

Read more at WallStreetWhitman.com >>