Politics

This article is adapted from the CalMatters election results explainer for classroom use. Republicans reached the magic projection of 218 seats to win a majority in the U.S. House, and it was a California race that put them over the top.  The Associated Press called the 27th District in northern Los Angeles County for Republican […]

Voters decided who will be governor, which interests will control the state Capitol, the fate of seven ballot measures and much more. But it may take a while for all the results to be known.

In the final weeks of the California election, industry and labor groups are spending millions to influence legislative races. That money is being spent not only to support favored candidates, but to attack their opponents with tough ads and mailers.

Test your knowledge of the 2022 California election, state politics and other assorted trivia with a CalMatters crossword puzzle.

Opponents of Proposition 1 argue it would expand California abortion law to allow late-term procedures for any reason, but the measure's supporters and legal experts dispute that interpretation.

Here are the tax rates, campaign finance figures, revenue estimates and other key numbers to understand Prop. 30, the most confounding of the California ballot measures.

California’s governor is spending more time and money on two ballot measures and a possible presidential run than his own reelection campaign.

In their only scheduled debate, Gov. Gavin Newsom and challenger Brian Dahle clashed on abortion right, homelessness, public schools, the state budget and more. But neither landed a knockout punch.

East Bakersfield may be the most fiercely fought-over part of the state for the Nov. 8 election. Key races for U.S. House and the state Legislature overlap in the changing, mostly Latino area.

In an hour-long interview with CalMatters, Attorney General Rob Bonta talks about rising crime, affordable housing, concealed guns and other priorities if he wins a full term.