SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hurting California Republicans chose a party insider Sunday to lead them forward after their party suffered stinging defeats in 2018, rejecting two candidates backed by activists who favoured a stronger embrace of President Donald Trump. Both charged the state party has not advocated for strong conservative values and shied away from full-throated Trump support. “California Republicans are every bit as Republican as Republicans across the country,” Allen said in an interview last week. She said Patterson “has a positive message.”Patterson is the first Latina to lead the state party. And she called for unity among California Republicans.

Source: National Post February 24, 2019 22:30 UTC