SF News Over 200 Angry Donors Demand $1.5 Million In Refunds From Swalwell Campaign As legal expenses mount from multiple criminal investigations into the sexual assault allegations against former Representative Eric Swalwell, dozens of people who donated to his campaign for governor are pushing to get their money back.
SF Politics Four Democrats Rally Behind Caretaker Candidate to Fill Swalwell’s Seat Until End of Term A group of Democrats pledged to drop out of the special election to fill Eric Swalwell’s seat in favor of a caretaker candidate — retired state Senator Bob Wieckowski, with the goal of avoiding a runoff election that would cause Swalwell’s replacement to miss important votes.
SF Politics With Swalwell Out, New Governor's Race Poll Has Republicans In Lead, But Democrats on the Rise Several Democrats in the race for California governor gained some ground in a new poll conducted just in the last two days, following the swift downfall of Eric Swalwell, but the two Republican candidates still hold a small lead.
SF Politics Candidates for Governor Attend Sacramento Forums, Say Swalwell Exit Signals Fresh Start Several California gubernatorial candidates attended two forums in Sacramento Tuesday where they discussed issues affecting Latino and Hispanic communities throughout the state. While one forum heavily discussed the Swalwell scandal, the other left him out of the discussion entirely.
SF Politics Special Election Set For August to Replace Eric Swalwell In Congress Eric Swalwell's seat in Congress, which he officially vacated on Tuesday, will remain empty until late summer, and now a special election date has been set.
SF Politics Eric Swalwell Could Now Face Rape Charge In Los Angeles as New Accuser Comes Forward A fifth accuser has come forward with potential criminal charges against former Congressman Eric Swalwell, one day after he announced his resignation from the House, and two days after he suspended his bid for California governor.
SF Politics Eric Swalwell Resigns From Congress, But Says That Effort to Swiftly Expel Him Is 'Wrong' The implosion of the political career of Eric Swalwell, following 13 years in Congress, took only three days, and as of Monday afternoon he had announced his resignation from Congress.
SF News Saturday Links: Pelosi, Other Leaders Call For Swalwell to Withdraw From Governor’s Race Commercial salmon fishing is opening this spring for the first time in four years; Oakland will start issuing parking meter citations Sunday from noon to 6pm as it's no longer free; and Nancy Pelosi and many other leaders are asking Rep. Swalwell to step down from the Governor's race.
SF Politics Former Staffer Says Rep. Eric Swalwell Sexually Assaulted Her Twice We have an April surprise in the race for governor of California, and one that could have some impact on what is already a crowded and messy fight between Democratic candidates ahead of the June 2 primary.
SF Politics Eric Swalwell Pushes Back on Trump and Patel Over Rehash of Chinese Spy Scandal In an effort to embarrass and potentially discredit Congressman Eric Swalwell as he makes a bid for California governor, President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel are rooting around a story that goes back over 14 years regarding a Chinese "honey pot" spy case.
SF Politics Governor's Race Reshuffles In New Poll With Swalwell Pulling Ahead, Thank God East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell appears to be pulling ahead of the pack of candidates for California governor, and thankfully it's not just the two Republicans at the top of the polls anymore.
SF News Rep. Eric Swalwell Going to Bat for Deported Hayward Family of Three With Deaf Six-Year-Old Boy ICE deported a six-year-old deaf boy from Hayward along with his mom and brother, but Eric Swalwell is trying to win the return of this family of three, and his staff did at least get the kid his hearing aids.
SF Politics Latest Poll In CA Governor's Race Has Swalwell and Hilton Surging Ahead of the Pack, 21% Still Undecided A new independent poll finds Rep. Eric Swalwell overtaking Republican Chad Bianco, which is good news for those of us who don't want a Republican v. Republican governor's race.
SF Politics In First Big Governor’s Race Endorsement, Senator Adam Schiff Endorses Eric Swalwell A sleepy race to succeed Gavin Newsom as California Governor just got a little bit of a jolt, as Senator Adam Schiff publicly put his chips on East Bay House Representative Eric Swalwell.
SF Politics Katie Porter and Eric Swalwell Bow Out of First Gubernatorial Debate In SF Seven of the umpteen candidates running for California governor are confirmed to appear at a debate happening this evening in San Francisco's Bayview, and being broadcast live. But two of the more prominent ones will be absent.
SF Politics Rep. Eric Swalwell Calls for Trump’s Removal From Office Over Seemingly Dementia-Fueled Text to Norway's PM President Trump reiterated calls to invade Greenland because he’s mad at Norway for not giving him the Nobel Prize, leading many to wonder about Trump’s current mental capacity, including East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell.
SF Politics Republicans Could Seize Advantage In California Governor's Race If Too Many Democrats Run We're about to enter one of the kookiest election years in California's 175-year history, with a bevy of Congressional seats up for grabs, and a wide open governor's race that already has too many Democrats in it.
SF Politics Rep. Eric Swalwell Officially Launches Campaign for California Governor Liberal East Bay Congressman and one-time presidential candidate Eric Swalwell is joining the increasingly crowded race to become the next governor of California.
SF Politics Trump Administration Unleashes Mortgage Fraud Investigation on Eric Swalwell, His East Bay Enemy in Congress Trump’s Department of Justice has opened a probe into East Bay Congressman and Trump enemy Eric Swalwell for mortgage fraud, though several members of Trump’s cabinet have engaged in the same mortgage practices as Swalwell.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Rep. Eric Swalwell Says 'Epstein Bomb' Is Dropping Rep. Eric Swalwell says an 'Epstein bomb' about Trump is about to divide Republicans in the House; Palo Alto police are investigating some vandalism as a hate crime; and a group of 30 Bob Ross paintings are being auctioned to benefit public television.
SF Politics Rep. Eric Swalwell Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Alameda County DA Pamela Price The war between Congressman Eric Swalwell and the district attorney who represents much of his congressional district escalated over the weekend with a lawsuit filed by Swalwell for defamation.
SF Politics Florida Man Arrested After Threatening to Kill Rep. Eric Swalwell's Kids A 72-year-old Florida man (and likely Trump supporter!) has been arrested after allegedly making criminal threats against Bay Area Congressman Eric Swalwell and his family.
SF News January 6th Lawsuit Brought Against Trump By Eric Swalwell Moves Forward A judge on Friday ruled that a lawsuit against Donald Trump filed a year ago by East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell could move forward, acknowledging that it is an unprecedented civil prosecution of a U.S. president.
SF News Day Around the Bay: North Beach Bar Says It's Closing Because Of Vaccine, Mask Mandates East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell has a "help desk" set up in Castro Valley for Afghans concerned about their relatives, CA Attorney General Rob Bonta says he'll review the 2009 Oscar Grant shooting, and two people were injured today in the Caldor Fire.
SF Politics East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell Sues Trump and Giuliani Over Capitol Riot Adding to the list of lawsuits Donald Trump will be facing in the coming year or three, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) has filed a civil suit against the former president and his co-conspirators for inciting the January 6 riot at the Capitol.
