California gave Obama a similar win, with a wide 23-percentage point vote margin over businessman and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in 2012.

Elias: California’s Newsom won’t have much say over who succeeds him State’s ultraliberal major officials will be glad to see him go; uninspiring Democrats, no serious GOP are contenders ...

But conservative candidates face a steep climb in a state that has not elected a Republican to statewide office since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won a second term in 2006. California Democratic ...

In November, Trump won back the White House, but still lost California by nearly 3.2 million votes.Not exactly a nail-biter, but definitely better than his showings in 2016 and 2020. Apparently ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. After more than a decade being exiled from the governor’s office in California, Republicans are eyeing growing ...