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Richard Vogel/AP PhotoThe five major contenders have different track records and proposals on some of the biggest issues facing California. They’re trying to position themselves to appeal to sizable voting blocs before the March 5 primary. -
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMattersRep. Barbara Lee edged Adam Schiff for the most delegates for the U.S. Senate race at the state Democratic Party convention over the weekend. The event was divided and disrupted by protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
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It’s the highest-profile race next year in California. This is where the leading candidates — Democrats Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff — are raising the most money. -
California’s new U.S. senator says she won’t seek a full term in 2024. She says she can better serve the state by focusing on key issues, not a campaign.
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Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled an Oregon judge Wednesday, though their questions dealt little with the nominee’s legal career and instead focused on culture war issues.
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Two Californians made history Tuesday in our nation’s capital — one starting a new job, the other losing theirs.
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Laphonza Butler, a Democratic adviser and labor leader, was sworn in as California's newest U.S. senator. Her appointment could disrupt a crowded primary race.
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The governor says he’s not stopping the president of EMILY’s List and former University of California regent from running for a full term in the 2024 election. He rebuffed pressure to appoint Rep. Barbara Lee.
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The death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein means that Gov. Newsom has to decide who will fill her seat. He has said he would appoint a caretaker, not one of the three Democrats who are already running.
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More than 1 million acres of what’s often called “Oregon’s Grand Canyon” could be protected from wildfire and degradation if the state’s two U.S. senators can convince their peers in Congress to approve a new wilderness area.
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Litigants who seek judges predisposed to rule in their favor – or “judge shopping” - is being addressed in new legislation.
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Oregon’s senior U.S. senator and the state’s attorney general, both Democrats, say they will do everything possible to keep the abortion pill on the market.
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Using harsh language to describe what he sees as a political strategy by right-wing ideologues, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said Thursday that a ruling banning access to mifepristone would not be legitimate.
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The bipartisan legislation would update the certification process for presidential elections, which former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to exploit after the 2020 election.
