Convention features a few legislative endorsement fights and two statewide<\/i><\/p>\n
by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n
This year is a “platform convention”, meaning that all the policy focus will be to define our party’s general goals. You can see the 2012 platform here<\/a> to get an idea of the general document and what you can expect moving forward.<\/p>\n On the endorsement front, there will be much hubub about the Secretary of State race<\/a>, with Sen. Padilla looking to get the endorsement and the other candidates looking for a block.<\/p>\n The other statewide race to watch is the Controller’s race, where Board of Equalization Member Betty Yee<\/a> will be facing off against Assembly Speaker John Perez<\/a> as well as a Republican, David Evans, and former Green Party gubernatorial candidate Laura Wells. Perez would certainly appear to be the favorite for the party endorsement, but the 60% threshold could be an obstacle.<\/p>\n I’ll be watching hanging around the convention all weekend, say hi if you see me. I’ll probably be posting more to my twitter account<\/a> than Calitics, so keep an eye out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Convention features a few legislative endorsement fights and two statewide<\/i><\/p>\n by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n This year is a “platform convention”, meaning that all the policy focus will be to define our party’s general goals. You can see the 2012 platform here<\/a> to get an idea of the general document and what you can expect moving forward.<\/p>\n On the endorsement front, there will be much hubub about the Secretary of State race<\/a>, with Sen. Padilla looking to get the endorsement and the other candidates looking for a block.<\/p>\n The other statewide race to watch is the Controller’s race, where Board of Equalization Member Betty Yee<\/a> will be facing off against Assembly Speaker John Perez<\/a> as well as a Republican, David Evans, and former Green Party gubernatorial candidate Laura Wells. Perez would certainly appear to be the favorite for the party endorsement, but the 60% threshold could be an obstacle.<\/p>\n