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Fresno Measure G camps trade complaints over trash pickup campaign

Tuesday's contentious Measure G election is finished and the votes are still being counted, but the political skirmishing continues.

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Outcome of Fresno's Measure G trash referendum remains in limbo

The "yes" side of Measure G, the referendum on outsourcing the city's residential trash service, led by 262 votes with all precincts reporting Tuesday night.
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Measure G: Turnout low as Fresno voters take on trash issue

Update: Fresno County Registrar Brandi Orth said Tuesday afternoon that 7 percent of those eligible to vote at a polling place had done so by 3 p.m.
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Measure G: Fresno city voter's decision due Tuesday

Fresno voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide once and for all who picks up the city's home trash.
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It's all but official: Vidak, Perez headed to runoff in 16th Senate District

It's all but official: Bakersfield Democrat Leticia Perez and Hanford Republican Andy Vidak will face off in a July 23 runoff to see which one will take over the vacant 16th District state Senate seat.
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Senate District 16: Updated vote count means runoff likely for Vidak, Perez

In a stunning turnaround that caught the local political world completely off guard, Hanford Republican Andy Vidak -- the apparent winner in a 16th State Senate District special election -- will now likely face a runoff. Vidak will still win the election, which was held Tuesday. But he had to win...
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After state Senate win, Andy Vidak must prep for 2014 election

Twenty years ago, Fresno Democrat Jim Costa lost to Hanford Republican Phil Wyman in a special election to fill the 16th state Senate seat. The following year, Costa came back to win the seat. After Hanford Republican Andy Vidak posted a convincing victory Tuesday over Bakersfield Democrat Leticia...
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Search Measure G campaign contributions

Supporters and opponents of Measure G, Fresno's residential trash outsourcing referendum on the June 4 ballot, have contributed more than $1.1 million in total to their respective campaigns. Find out who's contributing to the Yes and the No campaigns below. We'll update the database weekly.
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Henry T. Perea won't run for state Senate seat vacated by Rubio

Assembly Member Henry T. Perea, D-Fresno, announced Friday afternoon he will not run for the California State Senate District 16 seat that became open last week when Michael Rubio, D-Bakersfield, unexpectedly resigned.
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Election: Fresno County privatization measure fails

The effort to fast-track the privatization of public services in Fresno County has failed.
ELECTION 2012: LOCAL STORIES

Some Valley voters skip local measures

It's probably not a shock that more than 99% of Fresno County ballots were marked for president in the November election, but it might come as a surprise that fewer than 86% of voters bothered to weigh in on a Fresno city ballot measure.