California 2026 governor candidates rush to campaign on Trump including candidate Tony Thurmond and Rob Bonta, who has not declared but is considered a top hopeful.

Biden won in rural Inyo County in eastern California by 14 votes in 2020 after its voters supported Trump in 2016. This year, the Republican won by a larger margin.

There is no evidence California’s vote count is fraudulent. Experts say the state’s election laws result in many mail-in ballots, which take much longer to count.

Mass deportations promised by President-elect Donald Trump could have a seismic economic effect in California — potentially inflicting billions of dollars in direct damages to a wide range of industries, including small business, agriculture, construction and child care, advocates and academics said.

“I think she’d be by far the best governor candidate for the state of California,” said Michael Preston, who previously worked for Harris when she was state attorney general.

Vice President Kamala Harris is searching for next steps in her political career after losing the election, according to some former aides and allies of Harris.

California sought to raise voter turnout by passing vote by mail, which election officials say slows the ballot counting process.

Ironically, the culinary movement fomented during the Reagan Revolution may have contributed to the rise of MAGA. Trump’s lionization of McDonald’s is part of a larger conservative meme that casts Democrats as arugula-loving elites completely out of touch with average Joes.

Democratic challenger Derek Tran declared victory over incumbent Rep. Michelle Steel in a competitive Southern California U.S. House race.

California 2026 governor candidates rush to campaign on Trump including candidate Tony Thurmond and Rob Bonta, who has not declared but is considered a top hopeful.

Complaints and conspiracy theories about California election results are back. A nonpartisan group hopes its vote tracker will help.