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• Top • General Information Contra Costa County Elections Office
www.cocovote.us
Find your precinct,register to vote, how to volunteer,
county election results, much more. California Secretary of State
www.ss.ca.gov
Statewide and legislative elections, camaign donations
and expenditures, Voter Information Handbook detailing
state propositions, lobbyist regulations, and more. California Fair Political Practices Commission
www.fppc.ca.gov
Policy agency for campaign finance reporting. Federal Elections Commission
www.fec.gov
Congressional campaign finance reports and summaries,
and other information. Smart Voter / League of Women Voters
www.smartvoter.org
Best information source for county, city, school and
special district candidates, any of whom can put up
a free website on this site. TOP • Government Websites These sites give general and specific information on how they operate, their calendars, office-holder links and links to federal and state legislation including tracking information.
House of Representatives
www.house.gov U.S. Senate
www.senate.gov California Assembly
www.assembly.ca.gov California Senate
www.senate.ca.gov Contra Costa County
www.co.contra-costa.ca.us Note: all the county’s cities and most of its school districts (and many individual schools) and utility/special districts have their own websites. Cities and regional agency sites are linked at www.abag.gov , the Association of Bay Area Governments. TOP • Elected Official's Websites Each office holder in partisan office has a website sponsored by the body to which he/she was elected. Most also have campaign websites usually paid for by their campaign committees.
Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, 7th District
www.house.gov/georgemiller
GeorgeMillerForCongress.com
Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Alamo, 10th District
house.gov/tauscher/
ellentauscher.com
Rep.-elect Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton,
11th District
mcnerney.house.gov/
jerrymcnerney.com/ State Sen. Tom Torlakson, D-Antioch
7th District
www.dist07.casen.govoffice.com
www.tomtorlakson.com
State Sen. Don Perata, D-Oakland
9th District
www.dist09.casen.govoffice.com Assemblyman Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, 11th District
www.democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a11
www.markdesaulnier.com Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, 14th District
www.democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a14 Assemblyman Guy Houston, R-Livermore, 15th District
http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/ • County Supervisors Each of the supervisors has a website at: www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/BOS/
Dist. 1 - John Gioia, Richmond
Dist. 2 - Gayle Uilkema, Lafayette
Dist. 3 - Mary Nejedly Piepho, Discovery Bay
Dist. 4 - Susan Bonilla of Concord
Dist. 5 - Federal Glover, Pittsburg TOP • Political Party Websites California Democratic Party
www.cadem.org Contra Costa Democratic Central Committee
www.ebaydemo.org/ California Republican Party
www.cagop.org Contra Costa Republican Central Committee
www.contracostagop.com Political Vanguard
www.politicalvanguard.com
Unofficial Republican site, Contra Costa-based but widely used. Green Party of California
www.cagreens.org Libertarian Party
www.lpccc.org Peace and Freedom Party of California
www.peaceandfreedom.org American Independent Party of California
www.aipca.org Nominate other sites for this list by sending them to insider@contracostainsider.com TOP • Miscellaneous Thomas
www.thomas.gov
Named for Thomas Jefferson, it is the site of the Library of Congress. An indespensible site for research, from the Continental Congress to what's on the House floor NOW. Rough & Tumble
www.rtumble.com
Daily collection of of major political and government stories from major California newspapers, with worldwide daily readership. First Amendment Foundation
www.firstamend.org
Founded in the Bay Area and now headquartered in Washington, D.C., it champions First Amendment rights; great links to public interest groups of all political stripes. TOP www.guybjerke.typepad.com/weblog/ (Nominate other local news sites by sending them to: insider@contracostainsider.com)
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