Cathie Wright

WASHINGTON--Richard Sybert, a senior aide to Gov. Pete Wilson and an experienced Los Angeles County Republican activist, said Monday that he is seriously exploring the prospect of challenging Democratic Rep. Anthony C. Beilenson for the congressional seat representing Thousand Oaks. In a bid to establish immediate political credibility, Sybert has loaned $310,000 of his own funds to an exploratory committee.

Hoping to bolster support for a bill that would create a countywide waste authority, state Sen. Cathie Wright pitched the proposed legislation to the Ventura and Simi Valley city councils Monday night. In the first of a series of visits with local government officials, Wright (R-Simi Valley) outlined the plan for the authority and asked the councils for their approval.

State Sen. Cathie Wright (R-Simi Valley) has been appointed to the senate's Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, Senate leaders announced Thursday. The 13-member committee reviews all bills that have a monetary impact on the state budget.

A major abortion-rights group has endorsed Democrat Hank Starr in his race against Assemblywoman Cathie Wright (R-Simi Valley) for the job held by retiring Republican state Sen. Ed Davis of Santa Clarita. The California Abortion Rights Action League said it is backing Starr, a Woodland Hills lawyer, in his "bid to represent California's pro-choice majority."

Taking the initial step to becoming the first Asian-American state legislator in 14 years, Oxnard Mayor Nao Takasugi on Tuesday night held a substantial lead over six other Republican candidates in the contest for Ventura County's only open Assembly seat. Late returns also showed Assemblywoman Cathie Wright (R-Simi Valley) leading former Assembly rival Marian W.

Preparing for a last-minute burst of activity before Tuesday's primary, Marian W. La Follette has poured $149,000 of her own money into her campaign for an open state Senate seat, bringing the total amount she has loaned her campaign to $199,000. La Follette said she made a $50,000 loan to her campaign on Friday, followed by a $99,000 loan on Saturday, to blanket the 19th state Senate District with mass mailings of campaign brochures.

Assemblywoman Cathie Wright and former Assemblywoman Marian W. La Follette have been endorsed by various law enforcement organizations in their contest for the 19th state Senate District seat.

After 10 years on the inside, Assemblyman Tom Hayden is running another insurgent campaign, this time for the state Senate. At stake in a bitter Democratic primary firefight is nothing less than the former anti-war activist's political future. Stripped of a safe Assembly seat by redistricting, the Santa Monica Democrat opted to run for the upper house. Now, nine days before the June 2 election, Hayden is locked in a very expensive three-way battle against two liberal Democrats--veteran Sen.

Assemblywoman Cathie Wright is outspending Marian W. La Follette in the bitter race to choose a Republican candidate to replace retiring state Sen. Ed Davis. Boosted by $25,500 from doctors' political committees, Wright (R-Simi Valley) reported in campaign finance statements filed Thursday that she has spent $247,000, about $100,000 more than La Follette.