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Capital Public Radio News
February 23, 2018
Attendees of the California Democratic Party Convention celebrated outgoing chairman John Burton at the Sacramento Convention Center on ... the party's establishment and progressive wings could shape fights for governor and Senate — and congressional races critical to recapturing the House.
Sacramento Bee (blog)
October 20, 2017
But politics have turned weird, and he did have a strong run as California senate leader, building a record as an environmentalist, a union advocate, a voice ... Feinstein never was part of the liberal clique that included Phil Burton, the late congressional powerhouse, his brother John Burton, a former SenateÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
May 20, 2017
“I'm not giving that any consideration. I've got to stay focused,” said Harris, a Democrat who was elected to the Senate in November after serving as California's attorney general. After she won the seat vacated by former Sen. Barbara Boxer, Harris quickly gained a reputation as a potential presidential candidate in 2020.
KQED
May 19, 2017
Willie Brown and John Burton collaborated on this campaign flier when Burton ran unsuccessfully for a state Senate seat in 1967. (CSU Sacramento Archives). John Burton has spent four decades in California politics — starting in the state Assembly in the mid-1960s, moving then to Congress, back to theÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
January 12, 2017
California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton stood before hundreds of loyalists at the party's 2015 convention and introduced Massachusetts Sen. ... the 84-year-old San Francisco power broker, a former congressman and state Senate president, to lead their state party for going on eight years now.
Los Angeles Times
November 29, 2016
John Burton says he's the the leader of California's 'Liberal Party' — and proud of it ... The message sent by Burton, the former president pro tempore of the state Senate, also laid out “what California Democrats stand for” — a list of policy positions that largely mirrors the party's official political platform.
