Bay Area Journalist for Spectrum News • he/him • Previously seen @kron4news @CBS8, @KARE11 & @newscentermaine • Got a story? Jack.molmud@charter.com
Joined March 2019
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Jack Molmud retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: @saikatc to endorse Connie Chan for congress in race against @Scott_Wiener, he told The Standard.
Saikat is also forming a "Solidarity PAC" to independently back Chan, with the help of much of his 200 campaign staffers.
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Jack Molmud retweeted
Jun 12
If you don’t understand basic math, stop opining on California elections ocregister.com/2026/06/11/if…
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New: Remember that SF hype video with Steph Curry and the coyote from yesterday? A newly unearthed document shows the nonprofit behind it — Believe in SF — plans to spend ~$30M on Lurie’s agenda through 2027. Its donors are secret.
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Jun 11
CA's joint lawsuit with Santa Clara County cites my reporting on the ICE facility's 111-page blueprints as an impetus for the lawsuit.
"The publication of this news story marks the first time the County was able to review the full site plans."
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Jun 10
California and Santa Clara County are suing the Trump Administration after I published plans for a secret ICE facility with space to hold and process detainees.
New for @SJSpotlight
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San Diego advocates say San Diego Police is misclassifying officer misconduct reports as miscellaneous on purpose, in order to avoid review by the Commission on Police Practices. Accd. to a new lawsuit, as many as 80% of complaints are wrongly classified. timesofsandiego.com/uncatego…
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Jack Molmud retweeted
Jun 9
NEW from @MSNOWNews @MarshallProj: ICE has detained *over 500 babies and toddlers* during Trump's second term. ms.now/news/trump-ice-detent…
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Jack Molmud retweeted
Jun 8
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is going back to City Hall with his hat in his hands. Will things be different?
New from me @SJSpotlight
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Jack Molmud retweeted
Jun 8
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan had tens of millions of dollars backing his campaign for governor, but fell short last week in 6th place - 4th in his home county. So what went wrong?
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Jun 8
If I got this in a PRA I'd hang it on the fridge
This is the late-night text message Mayor Karen Bass sent Nithya Raman the night before Raman filed to run for mayor. Obtained via a public records request.
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Jun 8
NEW: I spoke to 15 fmr donors, campaign aides, WH staff and current advisers about @KamalaHarris running in 2028.
Fmr. SF Mayor Willie Brown told me while it's early to speculate, the most "viable" between his two mentees would be @GavinNewsom, "because he would not be the most recent loser."
"When you embrace somebody for the job, you really want to embrace a winner, and Newsom would be what you would have to say at the moment is a winner," Brown said. @ABC
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This is the late-night text message Mayor Karen Bass sent Nithya Raman the night before Raman filed to run for mayor. Obtained via a public records request.
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I’ve spent 15 years reporting on California elections. I know well the problems with elections administration here.
If you see people screaming “fraud,” it’s safe to say they’re full of shit.
Documented cases of elections fraud in CA are extremely rare.
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Jun 4
Here are the 111-page blueprints for the ICE building near Gilroy, in Santa Clara County.
New from me for @SJSpotlight :
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Jack Molmud retweeted
Via @sdut: ‘She is only a transient, don’t worry about it’: Deputy failed to act before woman was found in ditch, investigators say. sandiegouniontribune.com/202…
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Jun 4
As of Wednesday's 5 PM governor results update, San Jose Mayor @MattMahanSJ failed to win a majority of the precincts in his own backyard of Santa Clara County, including his home city of San Jose.
One precinct did go his way. It only counted one voter.
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JUST IN: Saikat Chakrabarti has conceded the race. It will be Connie Chan vs. Scott Wiener in the contest to replace Nancy Pelosi.
“I want to congratulate Sen. Scott Wiener & Supervisor Connie Chan on their victories & thank everyone who participated in this election."
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Jack Molmud retweeted
Tom Steyer's 2020 spending on himself: $342 million
Tom Steyer's 2026 spending on himself: $216 million
Did it get him anything?
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Jun 3
CONNIE CHAN besting SAIKAT CHAKRABARTI in initial San Francisco congressional results.
Chan is at 28.1% and Chakrabarti has half at 13.5%. SCOTT WIENER, as expected, is over 40%.
Chan has a commanding lead over Chakrabarti.
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Jun 3
First batch of votes are in now for the race to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress. This is about 18% reporting.
Top two advance to November runoff
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Jack Molmud retweeted
Antonio Villaraigosa concedes California governor’s race #Election2026
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