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Take Two

California GOP looks to Jim Brulte to lead party rebound

By Take Two Staff
Published Dec 11, 2012
State Senate Minority Leader Jim Brulte, R-Rancho Cucamonga, was joined by dozens of members of various law enforcement and fire agencies calling on lawmakers to approve millions of dollars due local goverments during a Capitol news conference held in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003. About $4 billion dollars was lost to local governments, which is used largely to help pay for public safety and other vital programs, when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cut the car tax.
State Senate Minority Leader Jim Brulte, R-Rancho Cucamonga, was joined by dozens of members of various law enforcement and fire agencies calling on lawmakers to approve millions of dollars due local goverments during a Capitol news conference held in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003.
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RICH PEDRONCELLI
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California GOP looks to Jim Brulte to lead party rebound

In California, Democrats have a powerful two-thirds majority in the state legislature for the first time since the 1880s, while Republicans hold no statewide offices. Plus, last month GOP officials suffered a net loss of four congressional seats. 

So what's the Republican Party of California to do? That question may fall squarely into the lap of a former legislator from San Bernardino County: Jim Brulte (R-Rancho Cucamonga).

John Myers, chief political editor for the ABC affiliate in Sacramento, joins the show with more.