Conservative Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), who is challenging Illinois’ incumbent Republican governor, Bruce Rauner, in the March 20 primary, criticized him Monday for breaking his promise to veto a bill to use state taxpayer funds for abortions.
The so-called “resistance” to Trump continues to define Democratic Party politics across the nation, as California’s four Democratic candidates for governor in 2018 competed to show off their anti-Trump credentials at a debate in San Francisco.
Democrat gubernatorial candidates Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and State Treasurer John Chiang condemned the Las Vegas shooting massacre Monday, but also found themselves at odds.
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to crush the competition in fundraising, while former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has crashed to third place in fundraising for the 2018 governor’s race.
Californians may be able to vote on high-speed rail again, after Governor Jerry Brown’s cap-and-trade extension carried a Republican-backed provision requiring a referendum on how the cap-and-trade funds are to be spent.
On Tuesday, two veteran California political journalists ripped California Lieutenant Governor and gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom, saying he simply lacks “the stones to govern California.”
The more Republicans who enter the race for California governor, the greater the chance that California voters may be choosing between two Democrats on their general election ballots.
On Thursday, Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) officially became the sixth candidate — and second Republican — to announce his candidacy for California’s 2018 Democrat-heavy gubernatorial race.
California State Treasurer and 2018 gubernatorial candidate John Chiang began his campaign by taking aim at Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, who is so far seen as the frontrunner in the Democrat-heavy race.
A new poll from the University of California’s Institute of Government Studies has found that the 2018 governor’s race is tightening between Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Joel Fox of California’s “Fox & Hounds” political blog has suggested the possibility that a Democrat-versus-Democrat contest in California’s 2018 governor’s race could end up helping some Republicans retain their seats.
California Governor Jerry Brown blasted President Donald Trump and House Republicans on Wednesday for their proposal to repeal and replace Obamacare. But he also rejected the idea of California providing a single-payer, universal health care system on its own.
