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Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley Wins Special OC Board of Supervisors Election

March 13, 2021 2:21 amMarch 12, 2021 8:58 pm

Earlier this week, Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors with 44% of the vote, becoming the first female Democrat ever elected to the board and the first Democrat to win the second...

David Valadao Retakes San Joaquin Valley District, Defeats Rep. TJ Cox

November 27, 2020 6:07 pm

On Friday, former Congressman David Valadao announced his victory in the 21st Congressional District over Congressman T.J. Cox (D-CA) following numerous projections from major outlets including the AP. Valadao and Cox had been in one of the closest House races...

Young Kim Flips Second OC House District, Defeats Rep. Cisneros

November 14, 2020 2:14 amNovember 13, 2020 8:20 pm

On Friday, former Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim defeated Congressman Gil Cisneros (D-CA) by a razor-thin margin, winning back a Congressional seat taken by the Dems in 2018. Kim beat Cisneros 172,253 to 168,108, a close one point difference, after a...

New Bill To Make Statewide By-Mail Ballots Permanent To Be Introduced This Session

November 12, 2020 2:14 amNovember 11, 2020 8:14 pm

Earlier this week, Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Palo Alto) announced that he will introduce a bill this coming session to require by-mail ballots to go out to voters in every state election. The bill would be a follow up to Governor...

Michelle Steel Flips OC Congressional District, Ousts Harley Rouda in Close Election

November 11, 2020 2:50 amNovember 10, 2020 8:40 pm

On Tuesday, Congressman Harley Rouda (D-CA) conceded the 48th Congressional district election to Republican Michelle Steel. Rouda and Steel had been in an a neck-to-neck race in Orange County, with Steel only being back three points in mid October. However,...

Todd Gloria Wins San Diego Mayoral Election

November 10, 2020 2:36 pmNovember 10, 2020 5:33 pm

On Monday, San Diego City Councilwoman and Mayoral candidate Barbara Bry conceded the San Diego Mayoral election to Assemblyman Todd Gloria (D-San Diego), nearly a week after the election was held due to slow vote counting by county officials. Bry...

Deja Vu All Over Again: Tight California Congressional Races Still Up in the Air

November 9, 2020 10:47 amNovember 10, 2020 6:12 pm

As the counting of ballots continues in California until Dec. 11, 2020, many in the state wonder if 2020 will be a deja vu of 2018, the year of the ballot harvesting slaughter in Orange County. In 2018, ballot harvesting...