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Could California See a Republican-Only Gubernatorial Runoff?
By: ROBERTA MACINTYRE & DAVID BECKER, March 25, 2026 Polls, Ballot Seizures, and the Unexpected Election Dynamics As California heads into its 2026 gubernatorial race, some political observers are raising a provocative question: Could the state witness a general election runoff between two Republicans? This possibility, once considered far-fetched in deep-blue California, is now a subject … Read more
High School Voter Education Weeks
From the California Department of Education High School Voter Education Weeks are coming up (April 13-24), helping put students on the path to a lifetime of civic engagement and voting. It’s never too early to motivate our students to get involved and become engaged participants in our democracy. Since the inception of the California preregistration … Read more
Voting Rights Groups Launch Campaign to Defeat Voter ID Ballot
Remember those signature gatherers a couple of months ago outside of grocery stores. They were gathering signatures for a CA Voter ID measure to be placed on the November ballot. Whatever ‘facts’ they were telling people, it worked. They have gathered, per them, 1.3M signatures, more than enough to have this measure appear on the … Read more
Lake County Democrats Assert Influence Amidst California Convention Drama
By Nara Dahlbacka & Roberta MacIntyre Local Delegates Play Key Roles as Endorsement Controversy Highlights Party Tensions The California Democratic Convention held last weekend was anything but routine for Lake County’s delegation. Against a backdrop of crucial endorsement votes and policy debates, the Lake County Democratic Central Committee (DCC) delegates stood out for their active … Read more
Understanding the Affordability Crisis and What It Means for Lake County
By Michael Contos, edited version, the previous version had the median Lake county and California incomes wrong. Why Does Everything Cost So Much? You’re not imagining it. You’re not bad at math. You’re not spending too much on coffee. The cost of living in America has gone up sharply, and for many of us in … Read more
California Democratic Party, County Democratic Parties and Contest Every Race Announce Statewide Candidate Recruitment Initiative
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Democratic Party in partnership with County Democratic Parties and Contest Every Race is launching a statewide texting campaign to recruit hundreds of Democrats to run for local office, with a focus in rural areas where GOP incumbents often run uncontested. This is part of a national campaign by Contest Every Race to … Read more