California Elections

WhatMatters

Why California keeps repeating same election story

Does anyone else feel like the outcomes of California’s Tuesday election were largely predictable? It’s true that county elections officials still have to tally more than 4.8 million ballots, according to Thursday estimates. And it’s true that some state legislative and U.S. House races are still too close to call, and could remain that way […]

By Emily Hoeven • November 11, 2022

Capitol

A speakership deal: Rendon, Rivas agree on handover

After maneuvering for months, Anthony Rendon and Robert Rivas make a deal on who will be Assembly speaker in the next Legislature. Rendon will stay on, but Rivas will take over at the end of June 2023.

By Alexei Koseff • November 10, 2022

Elections

What’s next for sports betting in California?

Voters resoundingly rejected Propositions 26 and 27, but that doesn't end the debate over California sports betting. Those behind the ballot measures are figuring out their next steps.

By Grace Gedye • November 10, 2022

Elections

California election results: Who won? Which propositions passed?

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.

By CalMatters Staff • November 8, 2022

WhatMatters

Election Day is here. Results could take longer

Cast your vote today or forever hold your peace — well, at least until the next election. Polls close at 8 p.m. tonight in California’s general election, but don’t expect to know the outcome of every race right away: Although ballots can be processed as early as seven days before Election Day, they can’t actually […]

By Emily Hoeven • November 8, 2022

WhatMatters

California campaigns make final election push

Do you hear it? That’s the sound of California candidates and campaigns pulling out all the stops ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for voters to cast ballots in the highly consequential general election. Today, Vice President Kamala Harris is set to rally in Los Angeles at a get-out-the-vote event hosted by the California Democratic Party. She’s […]

By Emily Hoeven • November 7, 2022

Elections

California election 2022: It’s a puzzle

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

By Ben Christopher and Jeremia Kimelman • November 1, 2022

WhatMatters

Attack ads in full force as election nears

The claws are coming out in California — not because it was just Halloween, but because voters have only one week left to cast their ballots for the Nov. 8 election. As campaigns enter the final countdown, fights over hotly contested seats in the state Legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives are becoming increasingly […]

By Emily Hoeven • November 1, 2022

WhatMatters

2024 election fights begin to brew

California’s Nov. 8 election is less than two weeks away, but battle lines are already being drawn for elections in 2024 and beyond. Here’s a look at two key fights: First up: Not so fast, fast food companies. That was the message sent Thursday by the state’s largest labor union, SEIU California, when it asked […]

By Emily Hoeven • October 28, 2022

WhatMatters

California’s climate culture war heats up

Saying Californians disagree about the state’s approach to climate change might be a bit of an understatement. Today, for example, California’s air regulators are set to hold the first of two hearings on a controversial, far-reaching proposal that would ban the sale of new gas-powered big rigs and other trucks in the state by 2040 […]

By Emily Hoeven • October 27, 2022