WASHINGTON — The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultra-secret daily brief of the nation’s most sensitive intelligence. Clinton was a Democrat and his vice president, Al Gore, was running against Republican Bush. Gore...
Explainer: Trump’s Challenges Fail to Prove Election Fraud
A barrage of lawsuits and investigations led by President Donald Trump's campaign and allies has not come close to proving a multi-state failure that would call into question his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. The campaign has filed at least 17 lawsuits in various state and federal courts. Most make...
Victory in Valadao – Cox Rematch Again Hinges on Kern Voters
After a Tuesday night update from Tulare County, incumbent TJ Cox (D-Fresno) picked up a net 15 votes from 319 new votes added (taking 52.4%), to reduce challenger David Valadao's lead to 4,026 votes. There will be no updated vote count Wednesday in the 21st Congressional District race on account...
Walters: Orange County’s Stubborn Conservative Streak
Ronald Reagan chose Mile Square Park, in the heart of Orange County, for a Labor Day rally in 1984 to kick off his final push for a second term as president. As large as the park is — a square mile — it was jammed with thousands of flag-waving, cheering...
Biden Vows to ‘Get Right to Work’ Despite Trump Resistance
WILMINGTON, Del. — Vowing “to get right to work,” President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump's fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as “inconsequential,” even as Democrats elsewhere warned that the Republican president's actions were dangerous. Raising unsupported claims of voter fraud, Trump has blocked the incoming president from receiving intelligence...
Analysis: GOP Lets Doubts About Biden’s Legitimacy Flourish
WASHINGTON — In backing President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud, Republicans risk leaving millions of Americans with the false impression that the results of the 2020 race are illegitimate. And that may be the point. None of Trump's legal challenges and assertions of voting irregularities has revealed any substantive...
Opinion: Votes Show We’re Deeply Divided; Where Do We Go From Here?
Joe Biden has won the presidency of the United States but will lead a country both deeply divided and disappointed: Republicans upset that President Donald Trump lost while many Democrats are upset that the race was far too close. Nearly 50% of American voters cast a ballot for Trump –...
Valadao’s Lead Continues to Drop in Rematch With Cox. Kings County Results Delayed.
Republican challenger David Valadao's lead over Democratic Rep. TJ Cox has slipped after updates from three counties in the 21st Congressional District. However, results from Kings County will be delayed because of a COVID-19. As of Tuesday afternoon, Valadao (R-Hanford) leads Cox (D-Fresno) by 4,041 votes, or 51.4% to 48.6%....
Walters: Winners Celebrate While Losers Rationalize
It’s been a week since election day, and while there’s a modicum of doubt about some outcomes as ballots continue to be counted, overall results are pretty well settled. The immediate post-election period is a time for celebration by the winners but one of finger-pointing and rationalizations among those who...
Home State Advantage: What a Vice President Kamala Harris Means for California
Goodbye, state of resistance. Hello, state of influence. California’s status has shifted dramatically with the election of Joe Biden as the next president. The reasons are both political — deep blue California will have more inroads to a White House controlled by Democrats — and personal: For just the second...