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Nevada Democrats Sweep Statewide Offices, Flip Longtime GOP House Seat

November 4, 2026 8:48 amNovember 4, 2026 6:46 pm

Nevada Democrats delivered a sweeping midterm victory, capturing every statewide constitutional office for the first time since 1962 and flipping the state’s last Republican-held congressional seat in a night that handed them unified control of state government. Attorney General Aaron...

ELECTION DAY WHIPLASH: Ninth Circuit Restores DOJ Power to Flag Suspected Noncitizen Ballots

November 3, 2026 2:09 pmNovember 4, 2026 8:25 am

This article has been updated with reactions from public officials. In a 6-5 vote Tuesday, an 11-judge en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated an earlier three-judge panel order that lifts a district court’s temporary restraining...

California Voters: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s 2026 Voting Guide

October 30, 2026 6:00 amOctober 30, 2026 3:38 pm

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s 2026 Voting Guide for the California Statewide General Election provides recommendations on statewide ballot propositions, local tax measures and HJTA-PAC candidate endorsements for the November 3, 2026 General Election. Review HJTA’s recommendations below or download...

Gov. Newsom Spending $19 Million to Polish His and California’s Image

October 28, 2026 9:33 amOctober 29, 2026 2:18 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom was heavily criticized in March for authorizing a $19 million taxpayer-funded advertising campaign designed to burnish his own image and improve California’s public image as he touts California’s largess on the presidential campaign trail. “Newsom planning...

California Gov Newsom Flunks Freedom Test: Ranks One of the Worst Governors in America

October 26, 2026 4:55 pmOctober 27, 2026 11:01 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom, who so desperately wants to be the next U.S. President, is ranked the 48th worst governor in the country, according to a new report by The CATO Institute. He is only slightly less awful than Hawaii...

DOJ Announces Charges Against 48 Aliens for Illegal Voting and Election Crimes Across Five States, Including California and Nevada

October 26, 2026 9:16 amOctober 27, 2026 9:56 am

The Justice Department announced Monday that it has charged 48 aliens in Pennsylvania, California, Florida, New York, and Nevada with illegal voting in federal elections, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes, including false claims of U.S. citizenship to register...

Ninth Circuit Forces California Response as DOJ Presses to Sequester 20,000 Suspected Noncitizen Ballots

October 24, 2026 2:11 pmOctober 26, 2026 9:27 am

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered California election officials to respond by noon Saturday to the Department of Justice’s emergency request to set aside roughly 20,000 mail-in ballots the federal government says were sent to “likely...