California primary

California voters approved a top-two primary election designed to encourage moderation. But in most races, it ends in a conventional Democrat vs. Republican. Some are ready to scrap the top two.

After a heated race with a crowd of Democratic candidates, Xavier Becerra pulled ahead of rival Republican Steve Hilton in election results returned Friday. Becerra’s challenger is not known yet.

California’s wild and wide-open primary election came to a close with voters consolidating behind leading candidates for their parties.

Joanna Francescut is leading the race for Shasta County Clerk, according to preliminary results Wednesday morning.

Xavier Becerra, Tom Steyer and Steve Hilton led in polls in the final days of the California governor election. Results are expected to begin coming in tonight.

California has new rules meant to speed up ballot counting, but elections experts and county officials say close races could still take weeks to resolve.

Voting by mail has, over the decades, proven to be easy, convenient and secure. But some of the features that make it secure can trip up voters who fail to pay attention to the details.

While last-minute ballots could prevent a runoff election for the Shasta County Board of Supervisors, the turnout from last night’s primary shows a willingness to reject the current far-right shift in Shasta County politics.

With results from Tuesday's primary election still rolling in, some races may head to a runoff election while other candidates are holding onto seats they have held for years.

Politics in Shasta County, California took a particularly rancorous turn over the past year. The state’s primary election will take place on June 7th. JPR’s Erik Neumann spoke with David Benda, a senior reporter at the Record Searchlight newspaper in Redding, about the latest drama and the upcoming election in Shasta County.

This upcoming June primary is the first chance to see the effects of new local campaign finance limits in California set by Assembly bill 571. Shasta County provides a window into how local elections are impacted by the change.

Two Democrats have advanced to the November runoff in California’s U.S. Senate race.Attorney General Kamala Harris came in first by a comfortable margin.…