Category: California Republican Party

California Republicans Build Support for Legislation to Address Fentanyl, Border Crises

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blamed the Biden administration’s border policies for the alarming rise in deaths from fentanyl overdoses in the United States at the recent California Republican Party (CAGOP) convention. “I want you to think for one moment what this fentanyl is doing, because it is killing Americans,” he told Republicans gathered in Sacramento…


California Republican Party Leadership Accused of Pay-to-Play Politics Over Endorsements

ANAHEIM, Calif.—A political firestorm over alleged pay-to-play politics at the California Republican Party convention last weekend has burned some candidates who have claimed party leadership used proxy votes to favor establishment candidates for endorsements. After the reelection campaign for state Sen. Brian Dahle’s wife, Assemblywoman Megan Dahle, gave a $40,500 donation to the GOP on…


California Republican Party Won’t Endorse Candidate in Recall Election

The California Republican Party (CAGOP) has officially declined to endorse any candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial recall election in September. Four candidates had qualified to be considered for endorsement: conservative radio and EpochTV host Larry Elder, who is leading in the polls, state Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, and former congressman…