Merced Sun-Star

Young gun takes up the GOP cause

Republican State Assembly candidate's campaign manager is 25-year-old

By JONAH OWEN LAMB
jlamb@mercedsun-star.com

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SUN-STAR PHOTO BY JONAH OWEN LAMB

Tom Merwin, 25, left, is running the Assembly campaign of Jack Mobley.

Jack Mobley, the Republican running for Assembly District 17, may be a self-described "political neophyte," but he's not alone.

Beside him is his 25-year-old campaign manager, Tom Merwin. Mobley calls his shadow a "a political animal." That may be true, but this is also a first for Merwin. He's never run a campaign before.

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Despite lawsuit, state OKs Merced County's voting machines

California elections officials previously said machines weren't tested

By SCOTT JASON
sjason@mercedsun-star.com

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SUN-STAR FILE PHOTO BY LISA JAMES

Election inspector Summer Bartholomew shows how the AutoMARK A200 voting machine works during the June vote. The machine was recently approved by the state for use by Merced County.

Merced County hasn't been haunted by hanging chads, the ghost of a presidential election past.

But it had been spooked by unapproved voting machines.

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Lively gatherings held on UC Merced campus to rally vote

By DANIELLE GAINES
Dgaines@mercedsun-star.com

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SUN-STAR PHOTO BY GEORGE MACDONALD

UC Merced political science major Michael Fincher, 18, stands his ground for John McCain in the midst of a rally for Barack Obama on Wednesday at the university.

It was a busy political day at the UC Merced campus Wednesday. At least for Democrats.

At a noon-time presidential rally, about 50 Obama supporters chanted near the quad.

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