Elections

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will face a Republican opponent in his re-election bid this fall, as retired judge Steven Bailey was coming in second with two-thirds of ballots counted in California’s top-two primary election. Becerra, a Democrat who was appointed to the powerful post in 2016 by Gov. Jerry Brown, has become the face […]

Tony Thurmond and Marshall Tuck split the vote in Tuesday’s race for superintendent of public instruction, setting up a high-profile November contest that could become a costly referendum on charter schools.

Former L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa concedes.

In a speech that came as a surprise to absolutely no one, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom heralded his decisive first place victory in tonight’s primary election for Governor, while pointing the way towards the general election—and beyond.

GOP candidate John Cox is claiming victory in his primary bid for governor, crediting California voters with preventing a one-party general election race in November.

Since 1911, when Progressive crusaders introduced the judicial recall, just four California judges had been booted from the bench by angry voters—until today. Santa Clara County voters favored ousting Aaron Persky, the judge who prompted widespread outrage in 2016 when he handed down a lenient sentence to a former Stanford University swimmer for sexual assault.  […]

The Democratic gubernatorial campaign of Antonio Villaraigosa is reeling from the news of a widespread problem at about a third of polling places in L.A. County.

Updated June 6 Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who gained national prominence with his early embrace of same-sex marriage and his unabashed support for marijuana legalization, easily won the top slot in the race to replace Gov. Jerry Brown. San Diego-area businessman John Cox, a Republican, won the second spot, defeating former Los Angeles […]

It’s Election Day, and social media will be flooded with all sorts of commentary as the results come in for local and statewide races. We want to make your experience less of a firehose, so the staff at CALmatters will be curating the best tweeted insights, reactions and updates from influencers on the right and […]