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Daniel B. Wood

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How Meg Whitman dropped 10 points behind Jerry Brown

By Daniel B. Wood | 10/29/10
LOS ANGELES — With a few days until the election, a California Field poll shows Republican Meg Whitman trailing Democrat Jerry Brown by 10 points in the race for governor.
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California seems to be bucking the pro-GOP election trend

By Daniel B. Wood | 10/19/10
So far, California is bucking the national Republican-leaning trend this election cycle.
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Pentagon must stop 'don't ask, don't tell,' federal judge rules

By Daniel B. Wood | 10/13/10
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge Tuesday ordered the Department of Defense to stop enforcing “don’t ask, don’t tell” - the law that prohibits openly gay people from serving in the military. US District Judge Virginia Phillips’s decision - widely cheer
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New poll shows California tilting against legalized marijuana

By Daniel B. Wood | 10/07/10
LOS ANGELES — As the nation’s first state vote on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use nears, a new poll has introduced fresh uncertainty into the race. After weeks of riding a wave of positive poll results, supporters of Proposition
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California state budget deal has holes, analysts say

By Daniel B. Wood | 10/05/10
California officials are high-fiving themselves over the announcement that they have reached a compromise to close the state’s $19.1 billion budget deficit, ending a record-breaking impasse.
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Why California OK'd, then delayed first execution in years

By Daniel B. Wood | 10/01/10
LOS ANGELES — California’s on-again, off-again execution of a convicted murderer spotlights several issues in America’s capital punishment system, say national observers.
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Why GOP struggles to make inroads with California Hispanics

By Daniel B. Wood | 09/28/10
LOS ANGELES — A new poll suggests that Republicans in California have made little progress in making inroads into America's fastest growing voting bloc: Latinos. Results of the poll show the problem could cost them in California races for Senate an
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Why Whitman and Brown are deadlocked in California governor's race

By Daniel B. Wood | 09/24/10
LOS ANGELES — The latest poll of the California gubernatorial race offers an intriguing portrait of a campaign in which neither candidate seems able to shake the other and both appear to have succeeded only in turning off voters through negative ads
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How Bill Clinton factors in California governor race

By Daniel B. Wood | 09/16/10
LOS ANGELES — Former President Bill Clinton HAS endorsed California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown.
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Has California Supreme Court ruling 'wiped out' Prop. 8 opposition?

By Daniel B. Wood | 09/10/10
LOS ANGELES — The California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown have no legal obligation to defend Proposition 8.