Santa Clara County got off to a strong start with early voting, with 62 percent of ballots cast before the polls even opened today.

Not since the 1968 election that fractured the New Deal coalition have Americans faced choices as stark as those before them today.

Let’s raise our expectations and demand more. Let’s make the Green New Deal a transformative reality at last.

A series of obscure elections recently took place with potentially profound implications for the fate of the California Democratic Party.

President Trump’s push to remove potentially thousands of Vietnamese nationals from the U.S. has shaken many local families.

The two men competing to be the next governor of California met for their first (and, alas, probably only) one-on-one stand-off.

An activist and housing rights advocate urges voters to elect Don Rocha as Santa Clara County supervisor.

Former Congressman Mike Honda is reportedly considering running against San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo in his 2018 bid for re-election.

In this week’s SV411 podcast, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren speaks about her resolution to assess the mental stability of President Donald Trump, as well as who she thinks represents the future of the Democratic Party.

Mugambi Jouet’s new book examines how the growing dark side of “American exceptionalism” has driven the polarization of U.S. politics.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein had been a positive, progressive force in California politics—for her era. But that era is over.

The world will tune in to see the presidential debate between Clinton and Trump. Here are some of the best spots to watch it outside of your living room.

Steve Brown is a special guy. How else to explain his position to allow businesses to discriminate against gay people? Then there’s his voter record.

Several Bay Area bigwigs made cameos in the thousands of leaked Democratic National Committee emails published by Wikileaks.

Things got ugly following the candidate's San Jose rally. Punches were thrown, arrests were made and pro-Trump merchandise was set ablaze.

Two major political adversaries nearly hooked up last week, threatening to disrupt a rivalry in local politics.