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1. Trump mattered For months, the two top Republicans in the race, John Cox, a businessman from Rancho Santa Fe, and Huntington Beach Assemblyman Travis Allen, were within sniping distance of one another in most credible public opinion polls. Then, sometime between April and late May, something changed. Republican voters began to rally around the […]

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.

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 […]