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How Carl DeMaio is pushing the GOP to give up on CA moderates
California Republicans have a choice in their quest to snap a 20-year losing streak in statewide elections: Moderate their positions on certain issues to appeal to more voters, or lean further to the right to rile up support from the base. Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, the San Diego Republican with a YouTube channel and his own […]
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California Republicans have a choice in their quest to snap a 20-year losing streak in statewide elections: Moderate their positions on certain issues to appeal to more voters, or lean further to the right to rile up support from the base. Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, the San Diego Republican with a YouTube channel and his own […]
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According to CalMatters’s linked report, How Carl DeMaio is pushing the GOP to give up on CA moderates, California Republicans have a choice in their quest to snap a 20-year losing streak in statewide elections: Moderate their positions on certain issues to appeal to more voters, or lean further to the right to rile up support from the base. Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, the San Diego Republican with a YouTube channel and his own […]
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