Republican candidate for Congress
Republican candidate for Congress and blogger at AmericaWantsToKnow.com; former associate producer of the game show Jeopardy!; author of The 37th Amendment, a novel about the Constitution’s due process protections, and How the First Amendment Came to Protect Topless Dancing: A Citizen's Guide to the Incorporation Doctrine
A Race for Congress with a New and Different Look In the race for the 30th Congressional District, registration is 49 percent Democratic, 25 percent Republican and 21 percent Independent. Under new state rules, two Democrats and two Republicans are running in same June primary. The top two vote-getters will be in the November runoff — even if they’re in the same party.
No end in sight More than 800,000 federal employees continue to go without pay in what could soon be the longest government shutdown yet.
Free food for federal workers during shutdown Local federal workers are picking up free food as the government shutdown continues. More than 1000 PG&E workers in San Luis Obispo fear for their jobs as the utility declares bankruptcy.