Mark Z. Barabak
Mark Z. Barabak covers state and national politics for the Los Angeles Times, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A reporter for more than 40 years, Barabak has covered campaigns and elections in 49 of the 50 states, including 11 presidential campaigns and scores of mayoral, gubernatorial, congressional and U.S. Senate contests. He also reported from the White House and Capitol Hill during the George H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations.
Recent Articles
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University of Maryland alumnus Eric Swalwell joins 2020 Democratic presidential field
University of Maryland alumnus Eric Swalwell, a four-term San Francisco Bay Area congressman who has grown into a cable TV fixture as a slashing and unremitting critic of President Donald Trump, formally announced Monday his long-shot bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Fittingly, he chose...
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Super Tuesday contests could all but decide presidential nominees
After starting small, the presidential campaign has exploded into a nationwide contest that on Tuesday could all but decide the Democratic and Republican nominating fights. Thirteen states from Alaska to Massachusetts will hold caucuses and primaries that day, awarding roughly half the delegates...
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Battle in Ohio reinforces GOP divide
Mitt Romney's slim Super Tuesday victory over Rick Santorum brings little clarity to the race for the party's presidential nomination.
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PALIN LEAVING ALASKA OFFICE
SILENT ON PRESIDENTIAL BID, GOVERNOR SAYS SHE'S TAKING HER FIGHT 'IN A NEW DIRECTION'
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GOP can't agree on economic fix
WASHINGTON - Don Manzullo, a House Republican from Illinois, has proposed a $5,000 voucher for anyone buying a new car. Kentucky's Mitch McConnell, the Senate GOP leader, favors a temporary suspension of the payroll tax. Jim DeMint, a Republican senator from South Carolina, wants to cut the federal...
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Kennedy ends bid for Clinton's Senate seat
She cites personal reasons unrelated to uncle's illness
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McCain scrambles as numbers slip
Obama sees several paths to Nov. 4 win
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Hopefuls step up attacks, focus on own strengths
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