Michael R. Blood

Nearly 150,000 California voters had their mail-in ballots rejected for the state's June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state attempts to make voting easier with the goal of boosting participation and counting every ballot.

Democrats have run California for years, but in a nationally critical election the party is being confronted by the limits of its own power: the race for governor is out of control.

The fight over California's new congressional map designed to help Democrats flip congressional House seats went to court Monday as a panel of federal judges considers whether the district boundaries approved by voters last month can be used in elections.

Many of Kamala Harris’ supporters and detractors alike think she'd have better odds running for California governor rather than president a third time.