It’s All Political
It’s All Political is now a part of the Fifth & Mission podcast. You can hear It's All Political on Fifth & Mission by subscribing to Fifth & Mission, the San Francisco Chronicle's flagship daily newscast. Joe Garofoli is the Chronicle’s senior political writer, covering national and state politics. He has worked at the Chronicle since 2000 and in Bay Area journalism since 1992, when he left the Milwaukee Journal. He has previously written about the intersection of tech and politics and about the politics of the cannabis industry.
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The real legacy of George H.W. Bush
Rita Beamish covered the first President Bush for the Associated Press from the 1988 campaign through his years in the White House and his unsuccessful run for re-election in 1992. As the media paints a glowing picture of the 41st president, Beamish talks to Joe Garofoli about the real George Bush. And she has something surprising to say about Vice President Dan Quayle!
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Stacey Abrams on fighting voter suppression
Stacey Abrams may have lost her historic run to be the first African-American female governor in the U.S., but she did not concede her race to be Georgia’s governor. That is because she is starting a new effort: To fight voter suppression that plagues Georgia and many other states. We talk with her about Fair Fight Action, a new organization that wants to modernize Georgia’s voter rights laws — an effort that could have national implications.
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What Nancy Pelosi must do to be Speaker of the ...
Nancy Pelosi is on her way to becoming Speaker of the House — but she’s not quite there yet. Thirty-two Democrats voted against her and three handed in blank ballots during Wednesday’s closed-door, secret-ballot vote. San Francisco Chronicle Washington correspondent Tal Kopan explains it to us — and whether ageism and sexism was behind Rep. Barbara Lee losing out on a leadership position.
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Election 2018: Analysis from The Chronicle's po...
Breaking down the props, the measures, the midterms and looking ahead to 2020
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On the midterms: Live from the Grand Theater
The propositions, the battles, the blue wave?
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Will Michael Avenatti run for President?
The LA lawyer has a warning for Democrats: Don’t underestimate Trump’s chances of re-election.
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The Dems will flip two GOP House seats in Calif...
Find out why as Joe Garofoli and John Wildermuth discuss the midterm elections
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ANALYSIS: Sen. Dianne Feinstein and state Sen. ...
Billed as a “conversation,” the event was a historic occasion as Feinstein had not engaged a challenger one-on-one since 2000.
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Julian Castro on Running for President
Is he is tough enough to stand up to President Trump?
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Washington: "Epically Dysfunctional"
Meet Tal Kopan, The San Francisco Chronicle’s new Washington, D.C., correspondent. Tal and Joe Garofoli preview what will happen if Democrats win the House. Tal forecasts what’s next in D.C. — including an “epically dysfunctional” scenario.
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Breaking down the California gubernatorial debate
Joe and John Diaz analyze the KQED gubernatorial debate between Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Republican John Cox
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California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom
How did Gavin Newsom’s childhood and time as SF mayor shape how he’d be as governor?
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Rock the Vote? Is that still something?
Joe sits down with Carolyn DeWitt, Rock the Vote president and executive director
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John Cox, Republican candidate for CA governor
Joe Garofoli talks with Republican candidate for CA governor John Cox
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Do you believe Kavanaugh or Ford?
Chronicle staffers discuss the cultural impact of the Kavanaugh, Ford Senate committee hearing.
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UC Berkeley Professor John Yoo
Liberals love to loathe John Yoo. Some still want him tried as a war criminal for co-authoring the legal memo that the George W. Bush Administration used to justify authorizing “enhanced interrogation” after 9/11. But Yoo is a sharp legal...
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Gina Ortiz Jones, Stephanie Schriock
Gina Ortiz Jones is a first-time candidate running for Congress in what may be the most expensive House race ever in Texas. She’s 37, a Filipina American daughter of a single mother immigrant, and a former Air Force officer who would be the first...
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Can Democrats win back statehouses?
Democrats blew off organizing in many states during the Obama presidency and lost more than 1,000 legislative seats over the past decade. That’s led to GOP control in two-thirds of statehouses — and more restrictions on abortions and fewer on guns...
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Dan Pfeiffer on how to win the media war
“Pod Save America” co-host Dan Pfeiffer talks about how the next presidential campaign will be fought on Facebook, and right now Democrats are losing that battle. In conversation with Joe at the San Francisco headquarters of Scribd, Dan explains...
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When techies and scientists run for office
Joe talks with Shaughnessy Naughton, founder of 314 Action, an organization that recruits and funds scientists, technologists and doctors to run for office. Tons have expressed interest, but so far only about half have won their races. Naughton talks...
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
Joe talks with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee about Trump, wine, weed, homelessness — and whether Inslee plans to run for president in 2020. Theme music: "Cattle Call" by Randy Clark’s Crowsong.
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Chelsea Handler
Joe talks with talk show host turned activist Chelsea Handler at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco. Handler, who has put her entertainment career on hold to concentrate on activism, appeared at an event to promote IGNITE, a nonprofit that...
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San Francisco has a new mayor: London Breed
The S.F. mayor's race has finally come to an end, and London Breed will be the first African American woman to be elected to the city's highest office. Former state Sen. Mark Leno conceded defeat after more than a week of suspense. Listen in as The...
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2018 California Primary Election recap
In a special election night podcast, the San Francisco Chronicle politics team breaks down the 2018 California primary. Listen in as John Diaz, Heather Knight, Joe Garofoli, Dominic Fracassa and John Wildermuth analyze results from San Francisco, Bay...
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Virginia Delegate Danica Roem
San Francisco Chronicle senior political writer Joe Garofoli talks with Danica Roem, who made history as the first transgender person to be elected to a U.S. state legislature (in Virginia). But that isn't the only reason she is unique. She may be the...
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