The California state Democratic Party has spent more than $600,000 to recall Republican Senator Jeff Denham, who was re-elected in 2006 by nearly 60 percent in his mostly Democratic, central California district.

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The California state Democratic Party has spent more than $600,000 to recall Republican Senator Jeff Denham, who was re-elected in 2006 by nearly 60 percent in his mostly Democratic, central California district. Denham says his vote against the state budget last year angered Senate President Don Perata and spawned the recall effort. Perata needed two...