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Recall Vote Highlights California's Geopolitical Divisions
The California recall election reinforced the state’s political divisions with most support in coastal areas and urban centers and far fewer voters in the rural north and agricultural inland.
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Calif. Last Recalled a Dem Governor in 2003. Today, Its Voters Are Less Republican and White
Today’s California electorate looks far different than it did 18 years ago: It’s less Republican, more Latino and Asian, and younger — all trends that favor Gov. Gavin Newsom, so long as he can get his voters to turn out.
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Newsom Recall Has Enough Signatures to Make Ballot
California Secretary of State’s office announced more than 1.6 million signatures to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom have been collected and verified to qualify for the ballot.
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How California Went From Success Story to Virus Hot Spot
Heading into Memorial Day weekend, California’s mood was celebratory. The state had avoided dire predictions of a coronavirus surge, hospitalizations were starting to decline and restaurants and most other businesses had reopened.
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Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom Formally Endorses Biden for President
California Gov. Gavin Newsom formally endorsed Joe Biden for president.
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Just 7 Democrats on Stage for Latest Presidential Debate
A winnowed field of Democratic presidential contenders takes the debate stage for a sixth and final time in 2019, as candidates seek to convince anxious voters that they are the party’s best hope to deny President Donald Trump a second term next year. Thursday night’s televised contest ahead of Christmas will bring seven rivals to heavily Democratic California, the...
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Democratic Leaders Push to End Labor Dispute and Save Debate
Democratic officials are pushing for an end to a labor dispute that threatens the party’s sixth presidential primary debate, scheduled for Thursday on a California university campus. Xochitl Hinojosa, the Democratic National Committee’s communications director and a lead debate organizer for DNC Chairman Tom Perez, said Monday that Perez “spent the entire weekend” urging stakeholders to engage in good-faith,...
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Trump Administration Wants California to Pay Back Billions for Bullet Train
The Trump administration plans to cancel $929 million in U.S. money for California’s beleaguered high-speed rail project and wants the state to return an additional $2.5 billion it’s already spent.
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California Governor Scales Back LA-SF High-Speed Train
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Tuesday there “isn’t a path” for completing the state’s plan for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and Los Angeles, yet his office insisted he is fully committed to building such a project. Newsom, delivering his first State of the State address, said he’d shift his focus to completing just a 171-mile segment of...
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California Governor Rebukes Trump in Border Troop Withdrawal
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday he’s withdrawing most of the state’s National Guard troops on the Mexico border because he won’t participate in the Trump administration’s “absurd theatrics” on border security. Still, he acknowledged some troops were doing good work fighting drug crime and said he plans to allow 100 of the roughly 360 state troops now deployed to...
