election 2018

As California’s Democrats wrapped up their party’s annual convention Sunday, they left San Diego as they arrived: a party still fraying at the seams after the 2016 election, held together by one strong bond—a unifying dislike of President Donald Trump.

At the state party convention in San Diego this weekend, delegates were split, offering no endorsement in the race for governor. And they rebuffed two of its most prominent incumbents in Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Attorney General Xavier Becerra, giving their challengers more votes but not enough for anyone to garner an endorsement.  

Antonio Villaraigosa can’t quite catch a break this weekend. Late this morning, as the rest of the California Democratic Party rallied inside the San Diego Convention Center for their annual state convention, the former mayor of Los Angeles staged a rally of his own outside, announcing that he had earned the backing of the United […]

Most of the Democrats running for governor of California are hard to miss at the state party’s convention this weekend in San Diego. Gavin Newsom, Antonio Villaraigosa, John Chiang and Delaine Eastin are roaming the convention center, making speeches to delegates and—whether signing autographs or being booed—facing crowds of supporters and detractors at every turn. […]

With housing prices soaring across California, supporters of a ballot measure to end limits on rent control are making themselves seen and heard all over the state Democratic party convention this weekend in San Diego. They are popping up around the convention center, beating drums and chanting, “The rent is too damn high.” The initiative […]

The contrast between U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her challenger state Senate leader Kevin de León came into stark focus Friday night at the California Democratic Party convention.

In some of the state's most high profile races, the battle for the Democratic endorsement is expected to get rowdy. Why all the fuss?

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On issues relating to housing, climate change, health care, immigration and taxes, the three GOP contenders for governor disagreed on little—except who on the stage represented the true conservative choice for California.

The four Democrats running to be governor of California met in San Francisco to spell out exactly where they stand on abortion, birth control access, and other matters of reproductive health.