CA: New American Interviews Chelene Nightingale, AIP Candidate for Governor

From the intro to the New American interview:

Chelene Nightingale is no stranger to politics. For the past five years, Chelene has been a leading constitutional activist, organizing many rallies and marches in California, including the "Free the Texas Three" march for Deputy Gilmer Hernandez and Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean in Hollywood. She has lobbied as a private citizen in both Sacramento and Washington, D.C., demanding secure borders and no amnesty. Nightingale has attended and spoken at Tea Parties and End the Fed events. It was owing to her past political achievements that the National Constitution Party leaders and members requested her to run for Governor in California as an American Independent candidate. This interview of Nightingale for The New American magazine’s online edition was conducted by Warren Mass.

CA: AIP Candidate Polls 4% in First Round of Special Election for State Assembly Seat

From Mercury News:

In Riverside County, Republican Assemblyman Bill Emmerson led the field of seven candidates in the 37th Senate District race Tuesday. Emmerson, 64, led with 41 percent of the vote. He will face American Independent Party candidate Matt Monica, 65, a Desert Sands school board member and Democrat Justin Blake, 56, an actor endorsed by the Democratic Party, in the June 8 runoff.Republican businessman Russ Bogh followed Emmerson with 22 percent of the vote. Blake was third with 14 percent. Monica had four percent. Special elections to fill two vacant legislative seats in Southern California are both headed to runoffs.