U.S. House District 7: Incumbent Ami Bera Holds Slim Lead Over Doug Ose
The following is early results on the U.S. House of Representatives District 7 race between incumbent Ami Bera and Doug Ose.
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The following is early results on the U.S. House of Representatives District 7 race between incumbent Ami Bera and Doug Ose.
The Field Poll is projecting a new low in California voter turnout for a general election, while the percentage casting vote-by-mail ballots could hit a new high.
Trendsetting California is where you look for the next new thing. But on Election Day, expect to see mostly the same old thing.
A drop in the number of voters mailing their absentee ballots signals that California may be on track for another low-turnout election.
Gov. Jerry Brown is maintaining a commanding lead in his bid for an unprecedented fourth term and leads a Democratic ticket that once again appears poised to sweep all statewide offices in California, according to a Field Poll released Thursday.
Bob Pack wanted to go after the HMO doctors for recklessly prescribing painkillers to a drug-abusing nanny who ran over his 10-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter as they were heading for ice cream one early fall evening in 2003.
Jerry Brown is on the verge of doing what no one has ever done in California and what no one may ever do again: get elected to a fourth term as governor.
The California Latino Caucus Foundation is picking up the estimated $50,000 tab. The invitation lists the event as the "Inauguration of Kevin de Leon," using language usually reserved for presidents and governors. The soiree will feature a 15-member, all-female mariachi band called Mariachi Divas.
President Barack Obama on Saturday wrapped up a week that saw him raise campaign money for Democrats on both coasts.
House Democrats are canceling $2.8 million in advertising in a competitive race in Virginia and steering the money to California to boost vulnerable freshman Rep. Ami Bera.
Ballots are in the mail for vote-by-mail voters, but it's not too late to register to vote in this year's election.
Now voters will weigh in on whether the North Fork Rancheria Band of Mono Indians are "reservation shopping," as their critics contend, or taking land that was part of their historical territory, as the tribe maintains.
Proponents, however, say the measure would reduce jail and prison crowding while annually freeing hundreds of millions of dollars to prevent crime. The measure calls for 65 percent of the savings to go to mental health and drug treatment programs, 25 percent to school truancy and dropout prevention programs, and 10 percent to help crime victims.
If approved by voters, it also would lift the ceiling on damages for pain and suffering caused by medical negligence, something that has been sought for decades by trial lawyers.
Initiative proponents, led by Democratic Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based consumer group with backing from attorneys, say the initiative would add transparency to the rate-setting process and force health insurance companies to justify their decisions.
