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With Final House Seat Decided In California, Republicans Set to Have a One-Vote Majority Until Vacancies Are Filled

California's 13th Congressional District has flipped from Republican to Democrat, and with that race settled, we now know that the Republicans yet again hold the slimmest of majorities in the House — 220 seats to Democrats' 215.

Yes, the Democrats Can Still Win the House of Representatives, and California Could Seal the Deal

We interrupt your doomscrolling with a flicker of hope, which is that the Democrats can still win control of the House of Representatives, but they’ll need California to do it.

SF Democrats Take Over Vacant Nordstrom Rack on Market Street

Just in time for the big Harris-Trump debate Tuesday, the new campaign headquarters of the San Francisco Democratic Party is opening at Fifth and Market streets, in the former Nordstrom Rack store.

13 Democratic Presidential Candidates Arrive In San Francisco For DNC Convention

Somehow there are still over a dozen Democrats in the race for 2020, and 13 of them will be in town in SF this weekend for the Democratic National Committee’s Summer Meeting.

Pelosi Challengers Debated Online Saturday, And The Gloves Came Off Late

In an online debate Saturday, Pelosi’s primary challengers called her “a corporate Democrat” who’s “been in office for longer than I’ve been alive,” but hit each other hard as the night wore on.

Talbot: Democrats And Tech CEOs Better Stop 'Collaborating' With Trump

It certainly feels like we're in a lead-up-to-the-Iraq-War kind of moment when Democrats who vote the wrong way in order to placate their friends in Congress or show some deference to a new

Wiener Leads Kim In (Merely Symbolic) State Senate Primary As Both Advance To November Election

In a heated (read: lots of mailers) race for the District 11 State Senate seat currently occupied by Mark Leno, who is due to be termed-out, two Democratic San Francisco Supervisors — Scott Wiener

Video: Friday's Pot-Banging Protest Outside Hillary Clinton's Nob Hill Fundraiser

Though 1600 protesters were said to be showing up in support of Bernie Sanders' candidacy for president, less than 100 actually made it to the rally and march on Friday, which began at

SF Dinner With Hillary Clinton And George & Amal Clooney Costs $353K

Hillary Clinton asking for $353k/couple to sit at table with her & George Clooney at 4/15 funder. #EverydayAmericans pic.twitter.com/hAHXIjdo1s— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 24, 2016 While she

President Obama Lands In The Bay Area Tonight To Fundraise For Democrats

Obama is coming, yet again, to the Bay Area, and will be touching down at Moffett Field near Mountain View at 7:30 p.m. Googlers be warned: There will be extra motorcade-related

Video: Mario Cuomo Speaking At The Democratic Convention In SF In 1984

In memory of Democratic leader, and New York's last liberal governor, Mario Cuomo, who passed away yesterday at age 82, here's a clip from Cuomo's inspiring keynote address at the Democratic National Convention

Pelosi Never Wants To Be Speaker Again

We don't know if she's just being coy, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi just gave an interview in which she says that she's not interested in being Speaker of the House again,

Obama Will Be Treating California Like An ATM This Year, Just FYI

After running back to Washington with a sack of cash weighing in at about $15 million from that party at George Clooney's house, President Obama is scheduled to come to the Bay Area

Fight Erupts at Democratic Womens' Gathering

There weren't any Louboutins flying, but there was an upturned chair, accusations of living in the Marina, and references to 'Mean Girls' following a recent gathering of the eighteen women who are all

Republicans Subpoena White House for Solyndra Records

With full support from Republicans (and none from Democrats, naturally), the House voted today to subpoena the White House for any and all records regarding Solyndra, the Fremont, California-based solar company that imploded

Rich Local Democrat Pissed at Obama

Amongst the estimated 1,000 people who showed up outside the W yesterday to protest/holler at President Obama was prominent local Democratic fundraiser Susie Tompkins Buell. A good friend and major campaign

An Elegy for Nancy

"At 70 years old, her political career is likely over. Congress is a funny, insular place. Mastering it the way Pelosi did is an art that is much more a liability than an

Newsom Takes Lieutenant Governor, Boxer Wins (Barely), California Democrats Feel Lucky

The NYT, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Chron are calling it for Boxer, with a 4-point spread and 30% of precincts reporting, ending a bitter fight with Republican Carly Fiorina that might

Rush Limbaugh Expatriate Watch: Health Care Reform Passes

After a menacing political battle -- which, outside the Capitol before President Obama's speech on Saturday, included Tea Party protesters shouting "faggot" and "nigger" to members of Congress, like Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.

Health Care Bill Clears Hurdle in Senate, No Thanks to Olympia Snowe

Yes, everyone! It's the big news this pre-Xmas Monday morning. The U.S. Senate wanted to give everyone a present this week, and in the wee hours of this morning a whopping 60

"You Lie," Shouts Tom Ammiano at Gov. Schwarzenegger

This is why getting violently ill sucks. You miss wonderfully uncomfortable stuff like this. See, at last night's Democratic County Central Committee gala at the San Francisco Fairmont, a surprise guest showed up.

BREAKING: Al Franken Wins Senate Seat

The Minnesota Supreme Court has just declared, in a 32-page unanimous decision, that Al Franken won the state's seat in the U.S. Senate in the contested November election against Republican Norm Coleman.

Obama Welcomes Specter To Democratic Fold

Senator Arlen Specter, reborn as a Democrat, appeared at the White House with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden and said, "I think that I can be of assistance to you, Mr.

Peskin Crowned King of San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee

Progressives scored a big win on Wednesday night. SF Board of Supes Prez Aaron "Payback's a Bitch" Peskin was elected to head the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee last night, inching out

Pelosi Jumps Off the Fence

Now that the race is over (we think) and a nominee has been officially named (we think), Nancy has finally made her move and made her first attempt at ending the damn thing.