Elections

California voters refused to raise the statewide minimum wage to $18 an hour. Fast food and health care workers already get more.

The Burbank Democrat will take the U.S. Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein for 30 years. No Republican has won statewide in California since 2006, and Steve Garvey didn’t break that losing streak.

The results of the ballot measures will steer key state policies. So far, five propositions have passed, but three failed. Two remain undecided.

Closely contested congressional races in California helped tip the balance and allowed Republicans to keep their majority in the U.S. House. With the presidency and the U.S. Senate, the GOP will have the trifecta in Washington, D.C., next year.

The California Legislature is poised to see more new members than at any time in the past 10 years, but the election is unlikely to lead to any major changes in the Capitol’s partisan makeup.

Supporters of Prop. 36 say it would help the state address homelessness, drug addiction and retail theft. Its critics call it a return to the failed policies of the war on drugs.

Expect four more years of combative showdowns between California's Democratic leadership and a second Trump White House.

Here are the California election results for ballot propositions, president, Congress and Legislature. They will be continually updated.

California voters are deciding whether or not to repeal a past restriction on what properties could be affected by rent control, and whether the state can dictate local rent control policy.

Independent expenditure committees have put nearly $100 million into legislative races, funding ads to support, and often attack, candidates. The outside, unlimited spending is increasing with each election.