Gadzooks - There are fewer than 200 shopping days left before the June 5, 2018 primary, and Newsmakers has a vast political landscape to...

It’s a strange but true feature of the political beat that reporters tend to get on hot streaks, just like ballplayers, and right now...

ICYMI: Over at independent.com, Kelsey Brugger has posted a stunning, and sickening, story recounting how IV landlord James Gelb unloosed...

The post election post mortem show is now ready on our youtube channel and below. Jerry and the gang get into the weeds on the mayoral...

Sarah Gorman, City Clerk Services Manager, has just released new numbers in the vote count (Friday, Nov. 10) and, although the numbers...

No knock on Mayor-elect Cathy, and mega-kudos to her for the win, but let’s be blunt: Murillo is now the one and only Santa Barbara...

Mega-kudos to the winners and mondo condolences to the losers in Tuesday's election which. at this rate, the city has at least a 50-50-...

A survey of strategists working on the Santa Barbara’s mayor’s race reveals near-unanimity of judgment about what it will take to win in...

On the evening of Oct. 4, one of the 200 liberal environmentalists who packed the Santa Barbara Women’s Club to see the candidates for...

Since Labor Day, the five candidates for mayor have recited their sound bites and stock lines about the reasons they’re running a...

Laura, Dale, Kelsey, Josh and Jerry chop it up over sneak attack ads, out of town consultants, dark money, the horse race, endorsements,...

If not another ballot is received, voter turnout in the Nov. 7 election would be 27 percent, Sarah Gorman, City Clerk Services Manager,...

The cheesiest-looking attack ad in the history of the world debuted during the 7th inning stretch of World Series Game 5 Tuesday night,...

(Editor's note: We first ran this story back in September, at the beginning of the campaign. In the ensuing six weeks, we've expended 87...

At your convenience, between now and the Nov. 7 election, you can watch the only debate of the Santa Barbara mayor’s race produced for...

Update. Well it’s finally settled: in the debate over whether to watch World Series Game 5 or the Santa Barbara mayor’s race debate,...

Retired CEO Angel Martinez has raised more than $300,000 for his bid for mayor, as he and council member Cathy Murillo each have more...

Aaron Solis was at Wrigley Field, watching the Dodgers clinch the National League pennant. Jack Ucciferri had a family emergency. And so,...

In a day of whirlwind, punch-and-counter punch endorsements, Democratic Assemblymember Monique Limon hours ago changed political course,...

Updated update. This post has been changed severl times to reflect the latest developments. Apologies to subscribers who may have...