Timm Herdt

State Editor

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State bureau chief Timm Herdt has been a writer and editor at the Ventura County Star and its predecessor, the Ventura County Star-Free Press, for 30 years. During his tenure, he has done everything from reporting at the sidelines at high school football games, to covering city halls, to serving as the Opinion page editor from 1985 through 1996. In 1997 he opened The Star's bureau in Sacramento, reporting on state government government and politics from California's capital. For more than two decades he has been writing a weekly column on politics and public affairs. Herdt, 53, is a graduate of the School of Journalism at The Ohio State University.

Recent stories:

• Herdt: Inside the political lines
  May 7, 2008
• McClintock's foe making residence an election issue
  May 7, 2008
• Gay, lesbian students rally over safety on campuses
  May 6, 2008
• Fillmore, Moorpark populations grow by 2 percent
  May 2, 2008
• Raise taxes to fund state universities, officials say
  April 29, 2008
• Proposed Medi-Cal changes would hurt state, group says
  April 26, 2008
• Incumbency asserting itself in 23rd Senate District race
  April 25, 2008
• Herdt: Hangover primary looms
  April 23, 2008
• Candidates' designations on ballots can be murky
  April 23, 2008
• Students from CSUCI rally against planned cuts
  April 22, 2008
• See full list of stories by Timm Herdt...