By Nathan Worcester Contributing Writer Graham Platner’s anticipated exit from the Senate race in Maine has set off a scramble for an alternative. On Wednesday, the same day that the progressive Democrat
By Yue Stella Yu and Kristen Hwang CalMatters Writers On Nov. 3, Californians will vote on 14 statewide ballot measures on environment, taxation, election, housing and health care. For months, interest groups sponsoring ballot initiatives
By Chase Smith Contributing Writer Top Democrats — including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and the Maine Democratic Party — called on Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner to withdraw from his race against Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Monday after
News release The candidate filing period opens July 13 for the city of Santa Clarita’s 2026 General Municipal Election, consolidated with the Los Angeles County Presidential General Election, which is
News release Brett Haddoak, a lifelong Santa Clarita Valley resident, small business owner, community advocate, and dad, has officially announced his candidacy for Santa Clarita City Council District 2, according to
By Joseph Lord Contributing Writer In a major political upset on Tuesday, democratic socialist Melat Kiros was declared victorious over longtime Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. At 12:03 a.m. ET, the Associated Press projected that Kiros would win the race, defeating the long-serving incumbent. With 84% of the vote counted, Kiros led with 49.3% to DeGette’s 43.5, while
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing part of an executive order the president signed last year that would require proof of citizenship as a requirement to
By Maya C. Miller CalMatters Writer Everyone agrees it would be nice to know the outcomes of California elections sooner. What they can’t agree upon is whether and how to make that happen. The
By Kristen Hwang CalMatters Writer A union wants California’s billionaires to rescue the state’s health care system. The billionaires have other ideas. On Wednesday, an initiative to tax the state’s wealthiest residents qualified
By Joseph Lord, Troy Myers and Michael Clements Contributing Writers On Tuesday, American voters in Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma and Washington, D.C., went to the polls, or, in many cases, returned to them, to make their picks
By Nathan Worcester Contributing Writer BELFAST, Maine — The streets of downtown Belfast were charged with energy: Politics was working its way through the public square. On one corner, older men and women held
Two congressional district races with relatively small portions of the Santa Clarita Valley, and an Assembly district race, all had two candidates who had started to separate themselves from the pack in
Tuesday turned out to be a good day at the polls for two Santa Clarita candidates. But as one political consultant put it Wednesday: “Now the real work begins.” Santa Clarita
By Jackson Richman and Beige Luciano-Adams Contributing Writers LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advanced to the November runoff election for Los Angeles mayor. The Associated Press called Bass’s advancement after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
By Ben Christopher CalMatters Writer It was a good night for normie Democrats, a bad one for self-funded campaigns, a mixed bag for state legislators aspiring to higher office and another
The Santa Clarita Valley’s 27th Congressional District remained closely contested in the early results Tuesday, while the 40th Assembly District’s incumbent held a big lead in her re-election bid. The first returns were released shortly
The 26th Congressional District The 26th Congressional District race is a brand new election for the Santa Clarita Valley and one of two new districts that picked up a slice of the
The 30th Congressional District The 30th Congressional District race is also a brand new seat for the Santa Clarita Valley, the second of two new districts that picked up a portion of the SCV
News release Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan announced that 122 Vote Centers will open Saturday for the June 2 Statewide Direct Primary Election. Vote Centers will be open daily