At the end of the day Nov. 7, there remained an estimated 77,500 ballots – about 14% of the total vote – to be counted.

Santa Clara County voters overwhelmingly approved an increase in local sales taxes, which county officials say is necessary to help offset dramatic cuts in federal aid by the Trump Administration, mostly in health care.

Prop 50's statewide victory margin swelled to 2.4 million votes as of Nov. 6.

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters reported at 10:50pm Nov. 4 that Fligor, who also is vice mayor of Los Altos, was more than 43,000 votes ahead of Rishi Kumar, a former Saratoga City Council member and former candidate for Congress.

Padilla was never officially in the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, but his national profile led many to believe that he’d be a favorite to win.

Most of the $95 million raised both for and against today’s ballot measure came from fewer than 20 total contributors.

As the Nov. 4 election day approaches, most of the money for and against the plan to redraw California congressional districts was spent not by the campaign organizations, but by nonprofits, political parties and a billionaire.

The proposed redistricting would make minor changes in a half dozen Bay Area congressional districts, and expand the 9th Congressional District westward toward the East Bay to bolster potential support for incumbent Democrat Rep. Josh Harder.

Gabby Chavez-Lopez conceded the race later Thursday morning, and congratulated Tordillos.

For Gabby Chavez-Lopez to make up the initial 2,036-vote ballot deficit, she would have needed to get nearly 85% of the estimated 3,000 uncounted District 3 ballots.

The tally reported at 8:45pm showed Anthony Tordillos with 4,449 votes, and Gabby Chavez-Lopez with 2,413 votes, representing 14.62% of the downtown district's registered voters.

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, gave out $1 million checks to gin up support for Donald Trump. California lawmakers want to ban big cash payments to registered voters.

Documents filed as recently as Tuesday with the San Jose City Clerk reveal several stunning reversals from the funding patterns of the initial four-month million-dollar campaign for the District 3 City Council seat.

Gov. Gavin Newsom long insisted that he had no interest in running for president, despite rampant speculation. Now he’s publicly acknowledging that it’s a possibility.

In contrast to the nearly $1.2 million spent by and for the top three candidates in the initial four-month campaign for the coveted downtown council seat, spending for the campaigns of Gabby Chavez-Lopez and Anthony Tordillos has totalled just over $70,000 since the April 8 vote.

Republicans in the California Legislature are increasingly pushing Democrats on child sex crimes bills. The supermajority is growing more divided about it.