Mark DiCamillo

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San Francisco Chronicle, 10.11.08 05:02 UTC

Catholics, Mormons allied to pass Prop. 8

(11-09) 20:02 PST -- Months before the first ads would run on Proposition 8, San Francisco Catholic Archbishop George Niederauer reached out to a group he knew well, Mormons. Niederauer had made ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 06.11.08 17:04 UTC

Many Obama supporters also backed Prop. 8

Californians voted their religion, not their political party, when they pushed Proposition 8 to victory and banned same-sex marriage in the state, campaign officials and political experts said ...

Los Angeles Daily News, 06.11.08 04:01 UTC

Voters narrowly approve high-speed rail bond

Proposition 1a passed with 52 percent support even as voters rejected most other high-cost initiatives on Tuesday's ballot. It will fund the first phase of what is projected to be a $45 billion ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 04.11.08 21:02 UTC

Record 13.6 million expected to vote in state

A record 13.6 million California voters are expected to cast ballots in today's election, a 78.9 percent turnout that would be the largest in more than three decades, a new Field Poll predicted. The ...

Seattle Times, 03.11.08 20:00 UTC

New citizens, especially Latinos, may have clout at the polls

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Outside most naturalization ceremonies, Democratic and Republican party activists wait at tables for the new citizens to emerge. They compete for the allegiance of these new ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 02.11.08 17:03 UTC

Both Prop. 8 sides hope for final surge

With spending on Proposition 8 likely to top $70 million - and poll after poll showing the race tightening - both sides of California's same-sex marriage battle are laying their hopes on a ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 31.10.08 18:02 UTC

Prop. 8 still trails, but margin narrows

The struggle over Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex marriage in California, has tightened dramatically in the past month, with opponents holding a slim 49 to 44 percent edge among likely ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 30.10.08 15:03 UTC

Poll predicts Obama landslide in California

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is poised to win California by the biggest landslide in the history of modern elections - outweighing even Ronald Reagan's huge wins in his home state - ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 26.10.08 16:04 UTC

Jerry Brown's wording may trip up Prop. 8

If same-sex marriage survives next week's ballot challenge, it will largely be due to state Attorney General Jerry Brown. It was Brown's office that decided on the final ballot description for ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 22.10.08 15:05 UTC

Voters split in many ways on gay marriage ban

(10-22) 04:00 PDT Stockton -- Nearly 100 people gathered in a deserted parking lot under a gray Central Valley sky, ready to knock on doors and tell perfect strangers why they should vote to ban ...