Hats off to Capitol Weekly’s Anthony York for being first out of the gate with the news that Senate Republicans this morning re-elected Dick Ackerman as their leader. According to the story, it was a razor-close vote between Ackerman and challenger Jim Battin.
There were several votes, and that among other issues discussed, according to Battin, there was the relationship between Senate Republicans and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Specifically, Battin told York, "And we had a long discussion on how the leaders should act with the governor."
You can read Capitol Weekly’s piece here. Congratulations to Senator Ackerman.
(We understand that the ultimate ‘swing’ vote was an undecided Senator Abel Maldonado. Maldonado went with Ackerman, and sealed the deal for the Leader’s re-election. )
December 5th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Not to quibble nor compete with our good friend/media mogul Anthony York but I believe a tenacious, young, upstart Democratic blog called “California Majority Report” posted the story first, much like they scooped all others on the Villines takeover. That’s right, Flash Report readers: CMR is your site for inside information about the GOP legislative caucuses. Aloha, Jon!