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  • CA: GOP leadership fight sweeps to Senate (challenge to Ackerman underway)

    12/01/2006 3:31:21 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 10 replies · 371+ views
    Capitol Weekly ^ | 12/1/06 | John Howard
    A closed-door retreat in Newport Beach for Senate Republicans has turned into a leadership battle, with state Sen. Jim Battin challenging Minority Leader Dick Ackerman for the top job - again. Battin has collected seven votes, one shy of the eight votes needed to assume the leadership of the 15-member Senate Republican Caucus, sources told Capitol Weekly. Several senators did not attend the retreat, and another closed-door vote was planned Monday morning in the Capitol--on the same day that new members of the 2006-07 Legislature are scheduled to be formally sworn in. The challenge mounted by the "Battinistas" against Ackerman,...
  • CA: Senator targeted in (FPPC) probe - (Jim Battin, R-La Quinta)

    02/16/2005 8:57:12 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 342+ views
    Press-Enterprise ^ | 2/16/05 | Jim MiIller
    SACRAMENTO - State Sen. Jim Battin, R-La Quinta, said Tuesday that he is being investigated by the state Fair Political Practices Commission in connection with donations to his campaign committees. In a statement, Battin said he was cooperating with commission officials. He blamed the inquiry on "bogus complaints" filed by a Democratic colleague. Sen. Mike Machado, D-Linden, was angry at GOP criticism of Machado's fund-raising practices during a tough re-election fight, Battin said. Machado withdrew the complaint last July, Battin said. But that didn't stop the commission's investigation. "I did not attempt to conceal the source of any campaign funds....