Melanie Mason
Senior Political Writer at POLITICO
senior political writer, @politico. @latimes/@georgetown/@ucbsoj alum. tell me about your dog. [email protected]
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politico.com | Nicole Norman |Blake Jones |Dustin Gardiner |Melanie Mason
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco addresses supporters of President Donald Trump during a rally in Coachella, California on October 12, 2024. | Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images THE BUZZ: GRAND OLD SHOWDOWN — Steve Hilton’s now-official campaign for the governor’s mansion has locked him and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco — the only other major Republican in the race — in a battle for the heart of the California GOP.
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politico.com | Melanie Mason |Dustin Gardiner |Blake Jones
Tents and objects accumulate at a homeless encampment on the side of the CA-105 freeway on Friday, July 26, 2024, in Los Angeles. | Damian Dovarganes/AP DRIVING THE DAY: BREAKING CAMP — More than a third of California voters support local laws allowing police to arrest people camping outside if they refuse shelter, according to a first-of-its kind poll from POLITICO and UC Berkeley’s Citrin Center.
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politico.com | Melanie Mason
Political influencers in California are greeting Kamala Harris’ potential bid for governor with a shrug, while registered voters in the state react more passionately — in good and bad ways — to her possible candidacy, according to a in a first-of-its-kind poll from POLITICO and UC Berkeley’s Citrin Center.
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politico.com | Melanie Mason |Blake Jones |Dustin Gardiner
Melanie Mason is a senior political reporter covering California politics at POLITICO. She leads coverage of Los Angeles politics including the mayoralty of Karen Bass. She is also an expert in the state’s congressional swing districts and has closely chronicled its top elected officials from Gov. Gavin Newsom to Rep. Katie Porter and Rep. Adam Schiff. She has over 13years experience reporting on the people and institutions that shape the state from bureaus in Sacramento to D.C. and Los Angeles.
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politico.com | Melanie Mason
The sprawling crowd in Los Angeles on Saturday — Sanders put the number at 36,000, which he boasted was the largest he has ever drawn — delivered a potent display of the Vermont senator’s enduring popularity. But as he arrived here this weekend, to the site of arguably his biggest political triumph five years ago, it also laid bare the movement’s limitations. In the nation’s blue bastion of California, the influence of progressivism during the Trump era has waned.
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