Governor candidates spar on vision for California
This combination of March 8, 2018, photos shows California gubernatorial candidates Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, a Democrat and Republican businessman John Cox in Sacramento, Calif.
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Candidates compete for schools chief, lieutenant governor
Voters will choose California's next lieutenant governor, schools chief and other statewide officeholders on Nov. 6. The race for superintendent of public education is shaping up to be an expensive showdown between unions and charter-school advocates. In the contest for secretary of state, the incumbent Democrat Alex Padilla is hoping to hold onto his seat against a GOP challenger.
Gas tax, Trump, housing drive race for California governor
California's race for governor pits Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom , a Democrat and former San Francisco mayor, against Republican businessman John Cox .
Candidates for governor spar over making tax returns public
This combination of October 2017 photos shows Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf, left, and Republican Scott Wagner. In several states, candidates are refusing to release their tax returns.
Gavin Newsom in Town Stumping for Mike Levin
The race for the 49th congressional district is heating up. NBC 7's Erika Cervantes has the story.
Drive-through burglar uses blowtorch on ATM
Three women were arrested by Fresno police after allegedly breaking into lockers at Planet Fitness locations in Fresno on Sept. 4. Chief Jerry Dyer updates the media on the theft during his monthly CrimeView report.
San Francisco’s 1st black female mayor takes oath of office
The first black female mayor of San Francisco made history Wednesday as she took the oath of office, vowing to help drug users and the homeless in a city that has come to embody extreme wealth and poverty. In her inauguration speech, London Breed promised to build more housing in a city that has a woefully inadequate supply for the number of high-paying tech-related jobs it creates.
Big-name charter school backers donate to key governor races
Prominent charter school supporters are dishing out campaign money, as key gubernatorial races in several states have now begun in earnest. June primary contests set up a number of state battles for governor in the midterm elections this November, with both Democratic and Republican candidates that could change how public resources flow into charter and private schools in the coming years.
Witcover: Mixed views on a ‘blue wave’ rising
California's primary system could thwart Democrats and Republicans alike on June 5, shutting either party out of key races in the fall. California's primary system could thwart Democrats and Republicans alike on June 5, shutting either party out of key races in the fall.
Some key takeaways from the primary election
With Gov. Jerry Brown set to leave office at the end of the year, Tuesday's election results potentially held hints of the shifting power dynamics that will write the state's next chapter. Long assumed to be a Democrat-versus-Democrat race between Lt.
California’s Fossil Fuel Industry Had It Relatively Easy Under Jerry…
In California's primary election Tuesday, voters all but picked statewide politicians and decided who would face off in the races that might flip the House of Representatives. But the environment was also on the ballot, and the results look like a win for the type of green who thinks a 100-percent renewable path is the best bet.
California’s jungle primary sets up polarized governor’s race for November
Voters who took part in California's innovative and anti-party "jungle" primary delivered a typical and predictably partisan result in the governor's race. They sent Democratic Lt.
It’s Gavin Newsom Vs. John Cox for Calif. Gov. Who Are They?
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and businessman John Cox will face off in the November election in the race for governor Under California's unusual open primary system, the top two candidates who receive the most votes advance, regardless of party California's crowded field for governor was knocked down to two Tuesday, when voters picked Democratic Lt.
Republican gets spot in runoff for California governor
Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom cast his vote on Tuesday in California's primary election, hoping to snare the state's top spot come November.
California Chaos – Part II
There are two features of the California election cycle that makes things difficult to try to figure out what is and will happen. The first, as discussed last week is its use of an open, semi-partisan, top two primary in which the candidates who finish first and second, regardless of party and regardless of percent, advance to the November general election.
Republican advances in California primary with Trump’s help
John Cox, a Republican business owner who has tried and failed for nearly two decades to win elected office, snagged a spot in the November runoff for California governor with the help of President Donald Trump, but that support could hurt him in the winner-take-all race with Democrat Gavin Newsom. Cox got about a quarter of the votes counted so far in Tuesday's election to easily outdistance former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for second to Newsom, who won by a comfortable margin.
Democrats hope for ‘blue wave’ push from 8-state primary day
Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom cast his vote on Tuesday in California's primary election, hoping to snare the state's top spot come November.
All Eyes on California ‘Jungle Primary’ Elections
Democrat Diane Feinstein is one step closer to re-election to sixth term in the U.S. Senate after winning the most votes in California's unusual primary election process Tuesday. The 84-year-old former mayor of San Francisco easily outpolled her younger opponent, Democratic state Senator Kevin de Leon, in the state's so-called "jungle primary," in which the top-two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the November general election.
One-party rule? California Democrats look to expand power
Gov. Gavin Newsom smiles at a campaign stop at Stakely's Barber Salon in Los Angeles. Newson is expected to easily top the field in the race for govenor, but form... .
The Times’ recommendations for Tuesday’s California primary
Voters who pass up the June 5 election will find in November that others have made many of their decisions for them. For example, the state's top-two primary system dictates that in five months, there will be two finalists to succeed Gov. Jerry Brown, and polling suggests that one of them will be Lt.