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Race For Boxer's U.S. Senate Seat Heats Up Fri Feb 13,12:10 PM ET TheKCRAChannel.com There was more sharp jousting Thursday between Republican hopefuls who want Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat. Bill Jones and Rosario Marin each accused the other of failing to protect taxpayers. Her campaign calls a motor home the "Adios Boxer Express." But U.S. Senate candidate Rosario Marin's target Thursday during a Sacramento stop wasn't incumbent Barbara Boxer, it was fellow Republican Bill Jones. "He supported the biggest tax increase in the history of California -- over $7 billion. In fact, he voted for the largest tax increase...

Sen. Boxer Plans to Confound Republicans Thu Feb 19, 3:59 AM ET By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Democrats across the country are fond of saying "anybody but Bush" for president. In the California race for the U.S. Senate, Republicans have a saying of their own: "anybody but Boxer." She's too liberal, they complain of Sen. Barbara Boxer. She's an extremist, they charge. In the words of California Republican Party Chairman Duf Sundheim, Boxer is "out of synch." Yet the GOP twice has failed to find that somebody who could defeat Boxer. This time, with Democrat Gray Davis...

Republican Senate Primary Jones 36% Marin 10% Casey 10% Kaloogian 9% Other/Undecided 36% Sample Population 476 Certain Voters Margin of Error 4.6%

<p>While California Republicans say they're optimistic about knocking off two-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, campaign finance reports released Tuesday show the winner of the GOP primary faces a major fund-raising disadvantage.</p> <p>Even Rosario Marin, the Republican who's raised the most money, has collected just less than 10 percent of the $9.6 million Boxer has raised so far, according to the latest campaign finance reports.</p>

<p>AMONG THE Republican March 2 primary hopefuls vying for the seat occupied by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., one candidate has a clear edge in experience and command of the issues -- former Secretary of State Bill Jones.</p> <p>Jones proved to be a coolly professional state officer during his two terms as California's elections chief. He revamped the office and brought modern technology to bear on many lingering elections problems in the state. He made voting issues accessible through the Internet and most important, showed a quick willingness to investigate accusations of election fraud independent of partisan politics.</p>

GOP (senate) race in state draws little cash, attention 4 candidates seek chance to replace Boxer in Senate SACRAMENTO – It's the Barbara Boxer paradox. No one seems to irritate California Republicans more than the liberal Democrat senator running for re-election. Yet the four candidates seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Boxer in November haven't been able to harness the GOP's antipathy toward the incumbent. They haven't generated public attention or significant campaign cash for major advertising in their own campaigns for the March 2 primary. The Republican Senate campaign has come and almost gone with little discussion of the...

THE WISH LIST ENDORSES TONI CASEY (Sunnyvale, CA) - February 13, 2004 - Republican Senate candidate Toni Casey is please [sic] to accept the endorsement of the WISH List, the nation's largest political fundraising network for Republican women. "I'm very excited to have the support of such a prestigious organization as the WISH List," said Casey. "It is another sign of the growing momentum behind my campaign, another sign that my message of real immigration reform and fiscal responsibility is taking root." "Toni Casey is a highly-qualified, impressive candidate who offers California Republicans an excellent choice for US Senate," said...

IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2004 Bill Jones Runs From His Record and the DebatesToni Casey Outraged at his Refusal to Debate (Sunnyvale, CA) - February 11, 2004 - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Toni Casey today says, "Bill Jones is running from his record on taxes and keeping Republican primary voters from making an informed choice for a candidate to oppose Barbara Boxer.""Over 45% of the Republican primary voters are still undecided and we candidates have a responsibility to debate our positions, as often and in front of as many voters as possible," said Casey. "Apparently, Bill Jones believes that he...

<p>Rosario Marín has a story to tell about a Mexican immigrant who overcomes poverty to become a mayor and the highest-ranking Latina in the Bush administration.</p> <p>It's her story, and the former U.S. treasurer and mayor of Huntington Park recounts it to tout her perseverance as she campaigns for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in the March 2 primary.</p>

<p>In the wake of California's recall election, there is one clear path to political success for state Republicans: Be Arnold -- or as much like him as possible.</p> <p>And boy, are the four top Republican contenders for U.S. Senate trying. For good reason: The winner of the party's March 2 primary may have the best shot ever at toppling two-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.</p>

<p>BUDGET AND TAXES -- Opposes tax increases as "bad for federal revenues over time and bad for our economy. We must hold the line on spending." Favors allocating federal funds to war on terror while holding down spending in other areas. Supports President Bush's call to hold the total annual growth in federal spending to 4 percent "but only if our money is spent on the right priorities and spent properly."</p>

<p>COSTA MESA, Calif. - Rosario Marin, a Mexican immigrant from a blue-collar family, sees herself as the best weapon California Republicans have against incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.</p> <p>She believes her background can diffuse the two-term senator's strategy of portraying her opponents as right-wing extremists.</p>

<p>YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) - Former U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin, one of four Republican candidates challenging Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, said Thursday that economic and legal problems in Mexico were primarily to blame for this country's "failed immigration policy."</p> <p>Marin, a Mexican immigrant, called on leaders of that country to stimulate the economy of Mexico by restructuring its tax system, encouraging private investment and funding $50 billion in repairs to its national power grid.</p>

<p>A new 60-second radio advertisement paid for by Rosario Marín's campaign committee introduces the Republican candidate seeking the nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer.</p> <p>MARÍN: This is Rosario Marín, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, and I approved this message.</p>

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barbara Boxer had over $5 million cash-on-hand as of Dec. 31, her campaign said Friday, as she raises money for a re-election race that could cost her as much as $20 million. The Democrat said she raised $1.5 million during the final quarter of 2003 for a total of $8.8 million raised so far in the campaign. Full reports for the quarter are due to federal election officials by Jan. 31. Boxer's announcement came on the same day that her top Republican competitor in the race, former Secretary of State Bill Jones, picked up a key endorsement...

Former local lawmaker Howard Kaloogian, who played a leading role in last year's recall of former Gov. Gray Davis, is running second in the race for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, according to a poll released today. But Kaloogian, a San Marcos conservative who formerly served in the state Assembly, is running well behind front-runner and former Secretary of State Bill Jones, who has the support of 17 percent of Republican voters. Trailing Jones, in order, were Kaloogian (5 percent), former Los Altos Hills Mayor Toni Casey (3 percent) and former Huntington Park Mayor Rosario Marin (2 percent). However,...

WASHINGTON — In a variation on an old theme, a Hispanic supporter of Howard Dean called a Latina Republican Senate candidate a "house Mexican" who is not being true to her race. Steven Ybarra, a Democratic National Committee (search) official and regional coordinator of Latinos for Dean (search), called Rosario Marin (search), the former U.S. treasurer under President Bush who is now seeking the GOP nomination to compete against California Sen. Barbara Boxer, a "house Mexican for the Republicans." The attack was sent out in a mass e-mail to political activists, community leaders and a number of journalists this week.

<p>WASHINGTON — In a variation on an old theme, a Hispanic supporter of Howard Dean called a Latina Republican Senate candidate a "house Mexican" who is not being true to her race.</p> <p>Steven Ybarra, a Democratic National Committee (search) official and regional coordinator of Latinos for Dean (search), called Rosario Marin (search), the former U.S. treasurer under President Bush who is now seeking the GOP nomination to compete against California Sen. Barbara Boxer, a "house Mexican for the Republicans." The attack was sent out in a mass e-mail to political activists, community leaders and a number of journalists this week.</p>

<p>The three leading Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate held competing news conferences Thursday to tackle what each says is the main issue of 2004 campaign -- ousting "extremist" and "ideologue" incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer.</p> <p>The candidates -- former California Secretary of State Bill Jones, former U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin and former Bush administration official Toni Casey -- denounced Boxer for opposing military spending increases, President Bush's tax cuts and increased spending on homeland security.</p>

This week, Steve Ybarra, an adviser to Howard Dean who sits on the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party (CDP) attacked California U.S. Senate candidate and former U.S. Treasurer, Rosario Marin, as a "house Mexican for the Republicans." Mr. Ybarra, who also represents the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as Pacific Regional Vice Chair for the seven western states and possessions, made his statement in a mass email sent out to political activists, community leaders and a number of journalists. Ybarra subsequently claimed in a statement to Los Angeles' Univision channel 34 that Ms. Marin should be "proud of being...