Matthew Artz

Less than a 100 protesters gather in front of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, at San Jose State University to protest the results of the recent presidential election in San Jose on Wednesday. The protest rally cosponsored by 350SiliconValley and MoveOn.org, was in reaction to the stunning election win by Donald Trump over Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Presidential election. - Josie Lepe — Bay Area News Group

What Trump presidency means for California

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Californians gave Donald Trump a stern rebuke Tuesday, handing Hillary Clinton a victory so lopsided that she ended up winning the nationwide popular vote.Now the multibillion-dollar question is: What does...

Voters may be too scared to stay home

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

When it comes to turning out California voters, hate might actually trump love this year — and disdain for Donald Trump among young voters and Latinos could sink Republicans in...

Trump’s numbers dropping into ‘uncharted territory

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTO >> Donald Trump is careening toward a historically poor showing in California, a prospect that has left several GOP congressmen fearful for their seats and Democrats hopeful they can...

California voters confront super-sized ballots

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Voting in California this year isn’t just an exercise in civic duty. It’s an endurance test.With 17 statewide propositions that would do everything from legalize pot to mandate condom usage...

Gavin Newsom, who is running for governor in 2018, refused calls to get him to drop his support of Proposition 63. - Bay Area News Group file photo

Voters to get final say on Newsom’s gun rights initiative

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTO >> When Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom launched his gun control initiative last year, he began gearing up for a fiery confrontation with the National Rifle Association.It came instead from...

Center medical marijuana dispensary in San Jose. - LiPo Ching — Bay Area News Group

Voters favor legalizing pot, outlawing capital punishment

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

BERKELEY >> Ballot initiatives that would make smoking marijuana for recreation legal for all adults and outlaw the death penalty have jumped out to big leads, according to two new...

California Attorney General Kamala Harris in San Jose earlier this year. - Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group

Harris leads Sanchez in latest poll

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

BERKELEY >> California Attorney General Kamala Harris has made major inroads with Latino voters to help widen her lead over Rep. Loretta Sanchez in California’s first all-Democratic U.S. Senate race,...

Clinton’s California backers ‘mystified’ by Trump’s rise

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

It’s not quite panic time for Hillary Clinton’s legions of Bay Area backers, but many say they are stunned that a race that seemed in the bag a month ago...

In California, Bay Area ‘controls everything’

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

It may not have bumper sticker potential: “Vote Sanchez! She’s not from the Bay Area!”But for an instant in her uphill battle for the U.S. Senate, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, an...

Sanchez vs. Harris in Trump University tussle

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Loretta Sanchez on Friday accused state Attorney General Kamala Harris, her opponent in California’s U.S. Senate race, of failing to safeguard residents from Donald Trump’s now- defunct for-profit university, drawing...

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