‘A revolving door’: Last-minute scramble to fill Gavin Newsom’s shoes in California

Ballooning field of Democratic candidates in California to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom has Democratic operatives ...

Tennessee special election puts Democratic momentum in 2025 races to the test

Democrats started this year in the doldrums, having lost both the White House and control of Congress and with their party heading toward record-low approval ratings.

California is having its most wide-open governor’s race in decades. Why’s that?

Billionaire Tom Steyer and Rep. Eric Swalwell are the latest — and maybe not the last — candidates to jump into the contest.

California governor candidate Eric Swalwell wants people to be able to 'vote by phone'

Rep. Eric Swalwell proposed allowing Californians to be able to vote by phone during his first TV news interview since ...

A Republican elected governor in California? It's not as far-fetched as it sounds.

A crowded Democratic field and a unique primary system could create room for the GOP to pull off a shocking upset in the ...
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Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries

CISA, as the agency is known, was formed under the first Trump administration to help safeguard the nation's critical ...

President Trump was a big factor in California’s redistricting war. What about the governor’s race?

For candidates for California governor, simply opposing or embracing Trump is ‘not nearly enough’ for effective messaging, one expert says.

What’s lacking among the candidates for California governor

So far, the 2026 race to replace the termed-out Newsom has been a boring trot. None of the gubernatorial candidates possesses ...

What happens to California's redistricting after Texas' congressional maps were struck down in court?

The court ruling came after California voters formally approved a ballot measure that was introduced to counteract Texas' ...