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Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at the 2019 Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Aug. 9, 2019. Today, democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announced Sen. Harris as his pick for Vice President. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr

Elections

What California knows about Kamala Harris

What most Americans are just beginning to learn about California’s junior senator, we’ve already seen here for decades. Here are eight ways that California shaped Kamala Harris and that Harris has shaped California.

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Ben Christopher

• August 12, 2019

WhatMatters

Gilroy shooter’s gun, price fixing, Harris and Trump’s poll numbers, and the environment

Good morning, California. “My son had his whole life to live and he was only 6. That’s all I can say.”—Alberto Romero, San Jose father of Stephen Romero, who celebrated his sixth birthday last month at Legoland, and was killed at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday, as quoted by NBC Bay Area. What California […]

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Dan Morain

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Barbara Harvey

• July 30, 2019

Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Kamala Harris before the start of the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami.

Elections

Frontrunner no more: California poll puts Harris on top and Biden (way) down

The new poll puts Kamala Harris first in her home state. Biden, the presumed front-runner nationwide, came fourth.

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Ben Christopher

• July 29, 2019

Elections

See which Dem your California neighbors are funding to beat Trump, in 5 charts

By the numbers: Which Democratic presidential challenger has raised the most from Californians this year-to-date? This past quarter? Last month? Who's leading in donations from more zip codes—and in each zip code? We break it down for you.

By

Ben Christopher

• July 16, 2019

Delegates at the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco snap selfies with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who's once again seeking the party's nomination for president. Photo by Elizabeth Castillo for CALmatters

Elections

California Democrats loudly lean left—but quietly make a safe choice

California's Democratic convention delegates cheered presidential contenders who said there was no middle group on climate change, single-payer health care and other progressive goals, and jeered at two moderates who disagreed—booing one for saying "socialism is not the answer." But as the party elected a new chairman and turned its attention to the 2020 election, they made what many considered a "safe choice."

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Ben Christopher

• June 2, 2019