John Cox

These days, campaigning doesn't just mean attacking all challengers. A sly boost for a favorite opponent can also prove useful.

Californians suffered from déjà vu in 2018. Here's a recap of some of the biggest stories in state politics, as told through the medium that once again dominated it.

Sporting starred and striped jackets and “Make America Great Again” hats, the California Republicans who gathered on election night in the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego were in a remarkably chipper mood. They cheered when the results came in from Florida, showing the GOP candidate won the narrow race for governor. They lustily […]

Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was expected  to cruise to victory on Tuesday as governor over Republican John Cox as polls closed in California, while U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein appeared likely to win a fifth term, despite a feisty challenge by Democratic state Sen. Kevin de León.

The state’s affordability crisis prompts vows from gubernatorial candidates Gavin Newsom and John Cox to revive the California Dream.

Lt. Gavin Newsom and Sen. Dianne Feinstein look like winners in a new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California, while the ballot's two highest-profile measures look like losers.

A new California midterm poll shows public opinion holding steady or coming in pretty much as you'd expect—but dig deeper into every expected result and you'll find something unexpected.

Critics call Gavin Newsom, the Democratic frontrunner to be California's next governor, starry-eyed and worse. But nobody could ever accuse him of not thinking big—or as he terms it, thinking "drastically."

Insurance commissioner candidate Steve Poizner is shunning partisanship in his bid to become the first no-party-preference candidate to win statewide office in California. But he is raising much of his campaign money from donors who gave to him when he ran for governor as a Republican.

Those DMV voter registration snafus, a Supreme Court win for California cities, lung cancer rates plummet, how Cox and Newsom would differ from Jerry Brown, UC outsourcing, PG&E and the CALmatters voter guide.