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California progressives, who have long struggled for influence, hope to break through to mainstream voters by challenging the establishment and rejecting corporate spending.
The Democratic Party’s eight months of internal debate, recriminations and soul searching that followed Donald Trump’s win and Kamala Harris’ loss in last year’s presidential duel got another
President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day.
Access to affordable child care was a talking point throughout the NYC mayoral campaign. Child care advocates told LAist this signaled a change in political discourse, and that Los Angeles should take note.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday launched a two-day tour of South Carolina, calling on voters across rural areas -- some tucked in GOP strongholds -- to exercise their "moral authority" in standing up to President Donald Trump and Republicans in next year's midterm elections.
Golden State optimism has declined by 25% since October. But after Trump first won, confidence rose 19% in the same time frame.
It is no secret that California remains one of the bluest states in the union. A Republican has not won a statewide election in nearly 20 years. Democrats enjoy huge supermajorities in the state legislature and run the states overwhelmingly progressive coastal cities.
A UCLA student is running to be California’s next governor. Carolina Buhler, a rising fourth-year earth and environmental science student, announced Monday that she will enter California’s 2026 gubernatorial race as a Democrat.
The Democratic Party's future got even more complicated when 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoral primary.