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> > > June 17, 2014

Blue California

DEMOCRATS HAVE:Both U.S. Senate Seats34 Congressional SeatsAll 8 Statewide Offices54 Assembly Seats28 Senate Seats

CA GOP is less than 1/3 of registered voters

Republican Registration

May 200642.7%

May 201030.8% May 2014

28.4 %

Gender Gap in legislature widening

34 women in legislatureIn 2012

Women have decreased to 31 in 2014

Gender Gap in legislature widening

Women are 50% of CA Population but only 26% of the legislature

$CA Needs BETTER Dems not just MORE Dems

ALL BUSINESS MONEY

AD 16: Steve Glazer

$1,940,004AD 4: Bill Dodd

$486,666

AD 25: Armando Gomez

$580,940SD 20: Alfonso Sanchez

$322,574

Opposition doesn’t show in obvious ways

Slowing down the Progressive Agenda

> Fracking moratorium stalled in legislature> Minimum wage with indexing> AB 880: Closing the Wal-Mart Loophole> Enterprise Zones passed with Rep support, NOT

Dem supermajority> 37 of 38 CalChamber’s “job killer” bills failed

Follow the Money:

CHAMBER OF

COMMERCE

BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

DAVID CRANE AND

GOVERN CA

Labor’s commitment to changing the CA Electorate

13.8%

15.8%

2006

18.3%16.7%

201220102008

15%

2002 2004

19.7%

2040

30%

Latino’s share of the vote:

%

CA’s Emerging Electorate

Total CA Registered voters17,727,177

Emerging Electorate (API, Afr Am, Lat) 6,192,03936%64%

Emerging Electorate Underperforms:

36%CA Registered Voter

(API, Lat, Afr Am)

28% expected performance

-8%

+

+

=

2 million union voters

Emerging Electorate

Million More Voters Project

Progressive Majority

Base Building

Fresno County San Bernardino County

> Building Power

STRONGER TOGETHER

>> IMMIGRATION REFORM

>> INCOME INEQUALITY

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