Yes, we just got over a major election and yes, politicians are already campaigning for an election a year away.

Chad Bianco, the sheriff of Riverside County, plans to center his 2026 campaign around crime and public safety.

Rather than confronting Trump, California's governor is showing restraint and using flattery to ensure the state gets the ...

OPINION- Gov. Gavin Newsom has a bit less than two years left on his second term and cannot run for another. That’s a central difference between today’s political reality and the scene that faced ...

Lindy Li is a former regional chair and fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee who worked on Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign but has since raised funds for President Trump's inaugural ...

POLITICO got in touch with more than a dozen frequent small-dollar donors on the campaign finance reports of Spadea and Elect Common Sense, many of whom were listed as retirees and as living outside ...

Primary battles are already underway in key Senate and gubernatorial races ahead of the 2026 midterms, an election that will ...

It comes as the death toll for the Los Angeles wildfires has risen to at least 25 people, while 23 people are still missing.

Rob Bonta will instead run for reelection as former Rep. Katie Porter and others make moves for the state’s top job.

Gavin Newsom appeared to be showing up uninvited ... when Newsom was California's lieutenant governor. The verbal fireworks continued over the past two years, as Newsom served as a top surrogate ...

Gavin Newsom to achieve that goal ... Trump, as president, and Newsom, as the state's lieutenant governor, met in 2018 under similar circumstances. Earlier in the day, Trump visited western North ...