Tom Steyer – California Globe

Political Malpractice: Reparations Were Designed to Keep Black Voters Loyal to a Party

June 20, 2026 7:45 amJune 20, 2026 7:45 am

Tom Steyer didn’t see it coming. In the late stages of the primary election campaign, the erstwhile billionaire candidate for governor was cornered outside his SUV in a Los Angeles parking lot by a protestor, demanding to know where he...

More Votes Cast for LA Mayor Than Governor in Every City Council District, Data Shows

June 9, 2026 9:21 amJune 9, 2026 12:35 pm

Updated preliminary results from California’s primary election continue to highlight an unusual pattern in Los Angeles: more ballots cast in the local mayoral race than in the statewide gubernatorial contest across every single City Council district. The analysis, compiled by...

Free IDs for All: A Modest Investment in Election Integrity That Billionaires and Sacramento Can Afford

June 9, 2026 9:00 amJune 9, 2026 9:44 pm

California’s election system relies on self-attestation of citizenship under penalty of perjury. Proponents of the status quo, including organizations like the Brennan Center for Justice, assert that non-citizen voting is exceedingly rare. Yet when simple, verifiable proof of citizenship or...

Democrats Will Pay for Overplaying Their Hand in California Elections

June 8, 2026 3:00 pmJune 9, 2026 6:48 am

One week ago in California, there was a Primary Election. Voters were excited for this Primary election because for the first time in nearly 20 years, there were other candidates besides the permanent political establishment or deep staters on the...

Statewide Polling Dramatically Lowballs Republican Numbers and Enthusiasm – Again

June 3, 2026 2:39 pmJune 4, 2026 7:37 am

Polling is at best an inexact science. At worst, it’s manipulative guesswork. So mistakes and inaccurate predictions are inevitable. But why do they seem always to favor Democratic candidates? In an LA Times article on May 28, 2026, reporter Seema...

Ringside: Chad Bianco Could Hand the U.S. Congress to Democrats

June 1, 2026 1:20 pmJune 1, 2026 5:03 pm

As we ponder the results of the election in progress, wondering which races will have known outcomes by the end of the evening and which shall end up so close that it will take a month before we have final...

Ringside: Why California’s GOP Voters Must Show Up in November

May 13, 2026 5:01 amMay 13, 2026 5:02 am

The chances that a Republican could be elected governor in California have not been this good in a generation. But to do it, the winning candidate will have to attract a record turnout from registered Republicans, while also earning votes...