State Elections Archives

Battered California Republicans See Hope in Rare House Win

May 19, 2020

LOS ANGELES — California Republicans have been waiting for a turning point and some think it's finally arrived. The party of Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan has been fading in California for years...

Trump Gets Ally as Ex-Navy Pilot Wins California House Seat

AP News

May 14, 2020

LOS ANGELES — Mike Garcia grew up a single-minded kid from Southern California: He just wanted to fly fighter jets. His decision to enter national politics wouldn’t come until decades later, after he had seen o...

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California GOP Dream: Party Poised to Win US House Seat

AP News

May 13, 2020

LOS ANGELES — A former Navy combat pilot built a double-digit lead in the fight for an open U.S. House seat north of Los Angeles, positioning Republicans to capture a Democratic-held congressional district in C...

Republican Melendez Wins California State Senate Race

AP News

May 13, 2020

RIVERSIDE — Republican Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez won a special election Tuesday to fill a Southern California state Senate seat. Melendez got about 56% of 170,000 votes counted and defeated Democrat Eli...

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Central Unified’s Measure C Still Doesn’t Have Enough Votes To Pass

Nancy Price

March 11, 2020

Central Unified School District's Measure C bond has inched closer to victory but still lacks the 55% voter approval needed to pass, according to the latest vote totals from the March 3 primary election. But...

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For Californians, Health Care, Climate are Top Issues

AP News

March 3, 2020

Voters in California’s Democratic primary ranked health care and climate change as the most important issues facing the country, well above the economy, race relations, foreign policy and many other social issu...

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Republicans Hope to Set Stage for House Turnaround in Valley, State

AP News

March 3, 2020

LOS ANGELES — California is one of the most heavily Democratic states in the country, but Republicans this year are determined to regain a string of U.S. House seats the party lost to Democrats two years ago. P...

Little and No Choice in Many Californian Legislative Races

AP News

February 3, 2020

SACRAMENTO — Millions of Californians have little or no choice when it comes to choosing a state legislator. In 24 of the 100 districts on the ballot, only candidates from one party are running. And in 15 of...

Independents Could Decide California’s Democratic Primary

AP News

January 12, 2020

SACRAMENTO — In the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, no prize is bigger than California, which offers more delegates than any other state. And as candidates plot their strategies here, there's...

School Bond Backers Have Some Selling to Do, Poll Shows

CalMatters

November 21, 2019

California voters have resoundingly approved tens of billions of dollars in state school construction bonds over the last two decades. But a new survey suggests that voters have yet to similarly warm up to the ...

Stocks Close Out Best Quarter Since 1998 with More Gains

South Valley Man Arrested for Marketing Herbal Mixtures as COVID Treatment

Are COVID Death Counts Accurate? Here’s How Fresno County Makes the Call.

Will City Settle High Profile Police Shooting Case? Fresno Council Considers Next Move.

VMT Law Could 'Thwart' Efforts to Finish Highway 99 Widening

South Valley Man Arrested for Marketing Herbal Mixtures as COVID Treatment

Are COVID Death Counts Accurate? Here’s How Fresno County Makes the Call.

Owner Says She Will ‘Take a Stand’ After State Agency Hits Clovis Restaurant for Violation.

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McDonald’s Is Giving Out Totally Free Fries Today for National French Fry Day

Washington’s NFL Team Drops ‘Redskins’ Name After 87 Years

Don’t Risk Your Health by Attending Harvard Block Sale: Soria

Walters: Business Targets COVID-19 Bills as ‘Job Killers’

Walters: Will California’s Schools Reopen Their Doors?

COVID-19 Exposes Why Postal Service Needs to Get Back Into Banking

Opinion: A More Accurate Name Is ‘Selective Black Lives Matter’

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Must Muslims Fast for Ramadan During COVID-19?

This 2020 Presidential Forecast Says Trump Faces Historic Defeat Due to Terrible Economy

Ex-Bush Officials Launch Super PAC Backing Biden Over Trump

Trump’s Superpower Turns to Kryptonite

With Student Gathering, Trump Gets a More Boisterous Crowd

Battered California Republicans See Hope in Rare House Win

Trump Gets Ally as Ex-Navy Pilot Wins California House Seat

California GOP Dream: Party Poised to Win US House Seat

Republican Melendez Wins California State Senate Race

Central Unified’s Measure C Still Doesn’t Have Enough Votes To Pass

For Californians, Health Care, Climate are Top Issues

Republicans Hope to Set Stage for House Turnaround in Valley, State

Little and No Choice in Many Californian Legislative Races

Independents Could Decide California’s Democratic Primary

School Bond Backers Have Some Selling to Do, Poll Shows