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It’s Election Day in California. Polls remain open for voters until 8 p.m. Tuesday. This election gives eligible voters a chance to choose from candidates for U.S. president, the Senate and the ...
The two men vying to represent California in the U.S. Senate will face off Tuesday night in their only debate of the general election. Republican Steve Garvey, 75, and Democrat Adam B. Schiff, 64 ...
All registered voters can vote in this year’s primary election. To be eligible to vote in California, you need to be a U.S. citizen, reside in California and be at least 18 years old.
The Senate is divided into three classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon California's admission to the Union in 1850, the state was assigned a Class 1 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in 1849 .
This was the second time in a row that both a regular and special election for the U.S. Senate occurred simultaneously in California, following the 2022 elections. Two Democratic U.S. representatives, Katie Porter of Irvine and Adam Schiff of Burbank , entered the race for the 119th Congress before February 14, 2023, when fellow Democrat Dianne ...
The California State Senate has never been expanded since the enactment of the 1879 constitution. In 1962, voters were asked via initiative California Proposition 23 whether to expand the state senate by 10 seats, thereby increasing the size of the body to 50 seats, and to abandon the little federal model. [8]
The only 2024 statewide electoral contest is for Senate and includes Reps. Katie Porter, Barbara Lee and Adam B. Schiff along with former Dodger Steve Garvey.
Padilla won both elections with more than 60% of the vote. [4] He became the first Latino elected to the U.S. Senate from California, and the first male elected to the Senate from California since Pete Wilson was re-elected in 1988 and the first male elected to the Class 3 Senate seat from California since Alan Cranston was re-elected in 1986. [5]