Election 2018

The candidate for California governor sees a path through the Central Valley to the November ballot.

Good morning, California. Sen. Kamala Harris, contemplating a presidential run, told a New York radio station she won’t take corporate political action committee money. Harris had taken $260,000 in corporate PAC money since 2015. Here comes the flood Get ready for the deluge of campaign ads and the puffery that goes with them. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the […]

Good Monday morning, California. Death penalty: What would candidates do A life-or-death decision: California’s next governor could quickly face a stark choice: allow an execution to take place or commute it. As part of our 2018 election guide, which we introduce today, we asked major candidates for governor how they would confront that decision, and compiled their answers […]

With the June primary approaching, there is a fight underway for the identity of the California Republican Party.

As the leading Republican candidate for governor, John Cox offers big ideas for reform—bold and seemingly far-fetched in California’s current political climate.

Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa apparently believes his path to the governor's office runs through the San Joaquin Valley.

It’s hard to run as the change agent in the California governor’s race when you’re the state’s second-ranking elected leader. But Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is giving it his best shot. Since launching his bid for governor in early 2015 (arguably, since he was first elected to the position of lieutenant governor five years earlier), […]

It’s hard to run as the change agent in the California governor’s race when you’re the state’s second-ranking elected leader. But Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is giving it his best shot.

As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrapped up a second day being grilled by Congress about whether the company adequately protects the personal data of its 2 billion users, news broke in California that Facebook will stop spending money to oppose a privacy measure aiming for the state’s November ballot. Facebook is one of five tech […]

Antonio Villaraigosa raises big money in race for governor. Is it enough?