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2307 A candidate for public office is a public figure and must show actual malice to make out a case for defamation; if allegedly defamatory statements about plaintiff were either true or based on reliable information, plaintiff cannot establish actual malice.CitationCONROY v SPITZER (Harassing Assemblyman) 70 CA4 1446 [See: CCP 425.16; Beilenson v Superior Court 44 CA4 944, T/AT 5/96; Matson v Dvorak 40 CA4 539, T/AT 12/95; Robertson v Rodriguez 36 CA4 347, T/AT 8/95; NY Times v Sullivan 376 US 254]
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