By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — While LGBTQ candidates and their supporters celebrated several milestone victories around the nation in this year’s midterm elections, California quietly reached its own: At least 10% of its state lawmakers identify publicly as LGBTQ, believed to be a first for any U.S. legislature. The California legislators, all Democrats, are proud
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Update 7:30 p.m. Christy Holstege has regained the lead over Greg Wallis after Riverside County released its election results update for Monday. Holstege leads by 97 votes. Approximately 2,000 postmarked Vote-by-Mail and 6,000 Provisional ballots still must be processed in Riverside County. The county will release its next update at 6:00 pm on Wednesday 11/23.
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Will Rollins conceded to Congressman Ken Calvert in the race for 41st Congressional District. Rollins made the announcement on social media Monday just before 5:00 p.m. He noted he called Calvert to offer his congratulations. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Will Rollins For Congress (@willrollinsca) Major outlets had projected Calvert as
Continue Reading Update: 7:45 PM Christy Holstege has retaken the lead over Greg Wallis after Riverside County released its election results. The 47th State Assembly district will represent parts of San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Wallis gained a slight lead when San Bernardino County released its results, however, Holstege retook it when Riverside County updates its vote
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Congresswoman Karen Bass has won a closely contested race to be Los Angeles’ next mayor and will be the first woman to lead the city, after today’s latest update showed her with an insurmountable lead of more than 46,500 votes over developer Rick Caruso.  Caruso led the race slightly after Election Day, but Bass took
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By WILL WEISSERT, SARA BURNETT and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans won control of the U.S. House on Wednesday, returning the party to power in Washington and giving conservatives leverage to blunt President Joe Biden’s agenda and spur a flurry of investigations. But a threadbare majority will pose immediate challenges for GOP leaders and complicate the
Continue Reading Democratic candidate Will Rollins is not conceding in his quest for the 41st Congressional District seat. Tuesday night, Rollins released a statement to News Channel 3 on the update in votes counted and his desire to hold off on conceding the race. “While we thought we’d get some clarity from tonight’s update from the Registrar,
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PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Katie Hobbs was elected Arizona governor on Monday, defeating an ally of Donald Trump who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged and refused to say she would accept the results of her race this year. Hobbs, who is Arizona’s secretary of state, rose to prominence as a staunch defender of the legitimacy of the
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The race for Coachella City Council remains close. This year’s 4 candidates include Stephanie Virgen, Dr. Frank Figueroa, Yurema Avizu and Josie Gonzalez. You can find updated results here. As of Wednesday, the candidates leading this race are Virgen and Figueroa. “We have to work together if a member brings, you know, an issue or
Continue Reading The race for the new 41st Congressional District remains tight, with Will Rollins’ lead over Congressman Ken Calvert shrinking to single digits Wednesday evening as votes continue to be counted. GET ELECTION RESULTS HERE The district is almost evenly divided in registration between Democrats and Republicans after it was redrawn to include a number of
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The Associated Press has proclaimed Dr. Raul Ruiz as the winner of California’s new 25th Congressional District. CLICK HERE TO SEE LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS Ruiz was up big in the early results of the race, with 61% of the vote. In the June primary, Ruiz earned 56 percent of the vote. Hawkins earned 16 percent.
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CLICK HERE TO SEE LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS Wednesday 3:00 PM Dr. Raul Ruiz has won reelection in the 25th Congressional District, the Associated Press announced. We continue to watch the other major races, including the 41st Congressional District race between Will Rolins and Ken Calvert. We’re also watching the race for 36th State Assembly (Garcia-Weeks)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats defied gravity this week as voters set aside their concerns about President Joe Biden to deny Republicans the sweeping victory they expected, emboldening a Biden team whose political instincts have been routinely questioned or outright dismissed by opponents and even allies. It was a remarkable display of resiliency in the face of both
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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California ballot measure that would raise taxes on the richest residents to help put more electric vehicles on the roads was trailing Tuesday with about one-third of votes counted. Proposition 30 would place a new 1.75% tax on incomes above $2 million, which is estimated
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Voters in La Quinta tonight appeared to favor phasing out and permanently banning non-hosted, short-term vacation rentals in the city by 2025. Early election results indicated that the pro-ban camp was holding a thin lead favoring implementation of Measure A. CLICK HERE TO SEE LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS Results as of 8:50 PM Tuesday 11/8 If
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Californians on Tuesday voted to allow a law banning flavored tobacco products such as menthol cigarettes and strawberry gummy vaping juice to go into effect. With about a quarter of the ballots counted, Proposition 31 won handily with 76.3% of the vote. A campaign funded by tobacco giants, including R.J. Reynolds
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrat Gavin Newsom easily won a second term as California’s governor on Tuesday, beating a little-known Republican state senator by mostly ignoring him while campaigning against the policies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, two leading Republicans who like Newsom may run for president. It was the second decisive
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The polls for in-person voting are opening up at 7:00 am across Riverside County for people to cast their ballot for the General Election. There are 146 voting locations you can vote in person in Riverside County. The voting locations will open at 7:00 am and close by 8:00 pm. If you are in line
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Election day preparation is in full swing at polling locations across the valley. Voters can now cast their votes or drop off their mail-in ballots a day early which may be a good option for those looking to avoid upcoming weather changes. An incoming winter storm system is expected to bring rain and even mountain
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Voting Centers are opening up a day ahead of the 2022 General Election for people to cast their vote in person or drop off their mail-in ballots. As of Friday, November 4 the Riverside County Registrar of Voters website showed a total of 1,310,928 vote-by-mail ballots were issued. Of those 214,945 of them have been
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