After a weekend update from Kern County, incumbent Congressman TJ Cox picked up 723 net votes but still trails David Valadao for the 21st Congressional District seat. Kern County reported 4,211 votes in the district breaking 58.6% for Cox (D-Fresno). He now trails Valadao (R-Hanford) by 4,570 votes in the...
California’s Counters Still Have Millions of Ballots to Go
About 4.5 million ballots remain to be counted in the November presidential election, the California Secretary of State’s office said late Thursday. Most of those remaining — slightly more than 4 million — are vote-by-mail ballots. Every voter in California was mailed a ballot because of the pandemic. “In California, we work...
Walters: Sacramento Again Refuses to Grow Up
Sacramento is the Peter Pan of California’s larger cities — never willing to grow up. That became evident again last week when the city’s voters soundly rejected the latest attempt at creating a big city governance structure, this time shooting down a second proposal to make Sacramento’s mayor a real...
Joe Biden: Stumbles, Tragedies and, Now, Delayed Triumph
Days before he left the White House in 2017, President Barack Obama surprised Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring his septuagenarian, white-haired lieutenant “the best vice president America’s ever had,” a “lion of American history.” The tribute marked the presumed end of a long public life that...
Pressure Mounts, Rifts Emerge at Fox News Over Election
NEW YORK — The steady counting of votes that has moved Democrat Joe Biden closer to the presidency is exposing rifts at Fox News Channel, the influential media outlet that is the favorite for many supporters of President Donald Trump. Despite intense pressure from Trump's team, Fox's decision team has...
Criminal Justice Reformer Wins LA District Attorney’s Race
LOS ANGELES — Advocates for criminal justice reform who have elected a wave of progressive prosecutors nationwide captured the crown jewel Friday as former San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon defeated Los Angeles DA Jackie Lacey. The bitter race to run the nation’s largest prosecutor’s office was seen as a...
Biden Campaign To Trump: Government Capable of ‘Escorting Trespassers Out of the White House’
[aggregation-styles] Forbes Subscription With reports circulating that President Donald Trump won’t concede the election even if winning is a statistical impossibility, Democratic challenger Joe Biden’s campaign is messaging that the United States government has no problem “escorting trespassers out of the White House.” People in Trump’s inner circle, including his...
Romney: Trump’s Election Fraud Claim Wrong, ‘Reckless’
WASHINGTON — Key Republican lawmakers, including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, on Friday slammed President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election. But some GOP leaders struck a more neutral tone — and others urged the White House to fight. Romney, now a senator from...
Mayor-Elect Dyer Builds His Team, Prepares to Take City’s Helm
Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer announced his incoming administration's leadership team on Friday, as he prepares to take over the city's top political office in January. GV Wire℠ reported on most of the names earlier in the day. “I have assembled an All-Star team that will assist me in implementing my 'One...
David Valadao Expands Lead in Rematch with TJ Cox. Awaiting Kern Updates.
David Valadao expanded his lead over incumbent TJ Cox for the Valley's 21st Congressional District seat as more returns come in from three of the four counties comprise the district. The Hanford Republican added 997 net votes on Thursday, and 1,263 net votes on Friday. Valadao now holds a 5,293...