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Source: Scott Rodd, Capital Public Radio

Prospective voters packed into the Old Soul coffee shop in Midtown Sacramento Monday to hear former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg make his campaign pitch — on a day when other candidates are busy vying for caucus votes in Iowa. 

Bloomberg’s 10-week-old campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination has carved out a novel strategy: Skipping Iowa and New Hampshire and instead focusing on big-delegate Super Tuesday states, including California. The nascent campaign has also spent big — reportedly shelling out nearly $190 million of his own money through December, with a heavy emphasis on television advertising. …

Source: Santa Cruz Local.

In January, we interviewed more than 200 voters from Santa Cruz, Live Oak, Aptos, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Soquel, the Summit, Capitola and the surrounding areas. Our goal: Listen to ordinary people’s priorities for the upcoming March 3 local election. We tried to find voices that you don’t normally hear in city council or board of supervisors meetings.

We share with you what we learned from our interviews and our online survey. Based on what we heard, we wrote a list of questions that we asked the candidates for Santa Cruz City Council and the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. …

Source: Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

From Feb 5 through Feb 11, the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism will return to New Hampshire for the week leading up to the First-in-the-Nation presidential primary. Working out of a pop-up newsroom at the Shaskeen Pub in the heart of Manchester, our team will produce dispatches and features in various formats that will be made available to news outlets across the country. (You can read more about our presence at the primary in this press release.)

Source: Scott Rodd , Capital Public Radio

Let CapRadio know what Election 2020 issues matter to you.

Democratic conventions in California bring out a certain crowd — the diehards, the activists, the politically engaged.

That was on full display at the Democratic Convention in Long Beach last weekend, where party presidential candidates — minus Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren — stumped for support.

Source: Richland Source

MANSFIELD -- Elections should be about voters, not candidates. It's your voice that's being heard, after all, when the votes are counted.

And Richland Source is listening now more than ever.

As we plan and execute our pre-election coverage leading up to Nov. 5, we want to make sure you get every opportunity to ask questions of the men and women seeking spots in the mayor's office and city council seats.