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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 California Senate will meet in a special session to consider legislation aimed at mitigating sharp, seasonal spikes of gasoline. ... McGuire said the Senate will have two committee hearings on ...
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 ...
California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary election, in which all candidates regardless of party affiliation appear on the same primary ballot and the two highest-placing candidates advance to the general election; however, primary special election winners can win outright if they win more than 50% of the vote in the first round. [5]
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]
California elects United States senators to class 1 and class 3. The state has been represented by 48 people in the Senate since it was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850. Its U.S. senators are Democrats Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff. Dianne Feinstein was the state's longest serving senator, who served from 1992 until her death in 2023.
Senate President pro Tem Mike McGuire previously said his chamber “won’t be convening in a special session this fall.” California Senate sets special session date after Assembly passes bill ...
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.