California Elections

California voters haven’t had to make so many decisions about tax policy at the ballot since 1990. Our analysis shows voters tend to reject new taxes.

It’s official: Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed and vetoed his last bills as California governor.  Wednesday was the final day for Newsom to weigh in on 1,160 bills that were sent to him by state legislators.  The governor, widely understood to be gearing up for a run for president, wanted the spotlight on some bills […]

Democrat Eric Jones focused his primary campaign on young progressive liberals. But to unseat longtime incumbent Rep. Mike Thompson, a traditional “Blue Dog” Democrat, Jones has recently pivoted to court centrists and even Republicans.

Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton say they’re mindful of voters’ worries about healthcare costs, but their plans don’t have much detail.

The California Supreme Court ruled Sheriff Chad Bianco violated the state's election law when his office seized ballots from the Riverside County registrar. The ruling comes six weeks before the November midterm election that will determine who controls Congress in President Trump’s final two years in office.

California voters will soon decide whether to tax billionaires — but even if a majority says yes, the measure could still lose to either of two billionaire-funded measures designed to cancel it out.  The billionaire-backed group Building a Better California designed two countermeasures to undermine the wealth tax and create multiple ways to defeat it. […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required more polluting facilities built near homes and schools to undergo environmental review — a decision that keeps in place looser rules he championed to speed up development in California. The bill authored by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, a Democrat from Encinitas, responded to fears raised by […]

California's top-two primary allows every voice to be heard at the ballot box. The unpredictable gubernatorial primary this year isn't a good enough reason to scrap it.

In one of California’s newly created congressional districts, candidates diverge sharply on healthcare issues, but most voters agree healthcare costs too much.

Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court's decision shooting down President Trump's proposal to restrict mail-in voting just before the November midterm election.