SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — GOP strategist Karl Rove says California Republicans need to “get up off of the mat” and find new ways to reach voters if they are to regain popularity in the nation’s most populous state.

Rove’s speech Saturday at the state party convention referred to the party’s recent deep losses in the state.

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