Nearly $2 billion dollars in bond measures for Fresno-area school district and the community college district that stretches across four counties, including Fresno, were on Tuesday's ballot. Unlike elections for candidates that require either a simple majority, or in the case of multiple candidates, a plurality of votes to achieve...
Republicans Take Senate Majority for First Time in 4 Years
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate late Tuesday after flipping Democratic held seats, holding onto GOP incumbents and wresting away the majority for the first time in four years. The unexpected battleground of Nebraska pushed Republicans over the top. Incumbent GOP Sen. Deb Fischer brushed back...
California Voters Reject Rent Control Ballot Measure
Voters have rejected another attempt to allow rent control in the Golden State. With 61.6% of voters opposing Proposition 33 and 100% of precincts partially reporting, the Associated Press has called the attempt to repeal 1995's Costa-Hawkins Act a failure. Prop. 33 is the third attempt in recent years to...
Two Union-Funded Challengers Trailing in Fresno Area Trustee Races
Only one of three union-backed challengers was in the lead in early vote counts in school board and college trustee races in Tuesday's election. Dan Bordona, a retired teacher who is trying to unseat incumbent Claudia Cazares in the Hoover region on the Fresno Unified School Board, had a slight...
Voters Say ‘Enough is Enough’ for Drugs, Crime in CA: Tulare County DA
Election officials have called a victory for the criminal justice reform measure Proposition 36. And in line with polling figures, voters approved it by a commanding margin. Voting results show the criminal justice measure earning 70.4% approval with 95.2% of precincts reporting. The rate surpasses even 2014's Prop. 47, which...
Bonakdar Leads Richardson By Slim Margin in NE Fresno Council Race
This story has been updated here, with new results and reaction. Original story: Early voting shows attorney Roger Bonakdar with a narrow edge over veteran Nick Richardson in the race for Fresno City Council District 6. Bonakdar has a 50.81% lead over Richardson's 49.03% with zero precincts reporting. GV Wire...
Early Voting Shows Bredefeld, Chavez Leading in Supervisor Races
This story has been updated with fresh results and comments here. Original story: Early voting results for Fresno County Supervisor District 2 shows Fresno City Councilmember Garry Bredefeld with a sizeable lead compared to incumbent Steve Brandau. Bredefeld's 56.96% outpaces Brandau's 42.71% with 29% of votes cast and zero precincts...
Different Faces, Different Voices, But the Same Goal: Exercising Democracy by Voting
They might not be able to agree on who should be elected president or whether the country is headed in the right or wrong direction, but there was one thing that a handful of Fresno voters had in common on Tuesday — the importance of casting their ballot. Stephanie Pinto...
Live Updates: Who Will Be President? AP Calls States for the Candidates
Polls are starting to close on the East Coast and AP, known for their election calling, began to name the victors in some of the states. Donald Trump Wins the 2nd Congressional District in Maine and One Electoral Vote Voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, the more conservative of the...
Fresno County Road Rage Incident Leads to Violent Assault, High-Speed Chase
A road rage incident turned violent when a driver assaulted another motorist with a weapon before fleeing the scene, the California Highway Patrol said in a Tuesday statement. CHP officers saw the suspect’s vehicle speeding at 75 MPH and passing over double yellow lines near Auberry Road and Summit Mountain...