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Gov. Gavin Newsom should have learned this four years ago: You don’t try to sell voters on more government spending in a primary election.
Joe Biden’s forceful State of the Union speech should quell doubts about his fitness to run for reelection. No one is more happy than California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s clever and cynical ploy in California’s Senate primary enabled him to avoid risk in the November runoff. But he subjected himself to another risk.
California’s early primary election needs to change. March 5 is too late to influence presidential races -- and way too soon for non-presidential contests.
California’s March 5 primary will determine whether voters choose a new U.S. senator now, essentially, or continue the competition until November.
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), the front-runner in California’s Senate race based on polling and campaign cash, is going full bore to boost Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey in the March 5 primary election.
Proposition 1 on the March 5 primary election ballot basically would shift current mental health funding to prioritize treatment for homeless people with mental illnesses or drug and alcohol addictions.
Democratic candidates attacked Steve Garvey during California’s U.S. Senate debate, which will probably help boost GOP voter support for the former Dodger player.
Democrat Toni Atkins has made history as a legislative leader but she’s never run in a statewide race before and is largely unknown north of San Diego.
Fifty years ago this month, George Skelton walked into the Los Angeles Times as a newly hired state Capitol reporter. A lot has changed since 1974 — at the Capitol, in California politics. Some have been good, some bad.
