Election

The balance of power in Congress will help dictate what the next two years of the Biden presidency looks like.

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won his bid for reelection Friday in the crucial swing state of Arizona, defeating Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters to put his party one victory away from clinching control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden's presidency.

As the battleground over abortion access has shifted to states, abortion rights supporters are celebrating a larger-than-expected turnout on Election Day in five states; California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont, where abortion was on the ballot.

Santa Clara County’s Registrar of Voters shows City Councilman Matt Mahan slightly pulling ahead of County Supervisor Cindy Chavez by 4,766 votes.

Several Bay Area counties are providing live video feeds, more frequent data releases, and implementing new technology to increase confidence in the election process.

The Bay Area has several races that are too close to call and among them is for mayor of Santa Clara.

Tuesday night, two men, whose last names are separated by one vowel, are separated by several thousand votes in the race to be the next elected sheriff in Santa Clara County. Both seemed optimistic after the polls closed.

Still haven’t voted? The clock is ticking. Election Day has arrived in California and it has been more like election month—22 million registered voters were mailed their ballots starting in October. If you haven’t yet turned in your ballot, local election officials want you to know a few things.

Data shows voter turnout at 22% across California. But elections officials are preparing for a potential flood of ballots on Election Day.

San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar posted on Twitter Thursday that he's been notified of a person posing as part of his campaign, going door-to-door and asking residents to hand over their ballots so they can mail them. 

The Oakland Public Ethics Commission is investigating a complaint from a former staffer who claims Councilmember Sheng Thao required employees to work on her mayoral campaign while on city time.

Data released by the California Secretary of State’s Office shows in the June primary election, 105,818 vote-by-mail ballots were disqualified. But the outlier is Alameda County, which had the lowest rejection rate in the state, raising questions.

Vice President Harris spoke at San Francisco’s Cowell Theater, as part of a discussion on climate change on the podcast, 'A Matter of Degrees'. Harris told the audience, the battle against climate change is a good opportunity for coalition building.

A company that makes software for scheduling poll workers is accused of illegally storing personal information on servers in China. Contra Costa County uses the software but election officials said all of its workers' information is safe and secure.

The 2022 midterm election is Tuesday, November 8. Here is a resource guide with some helpful links for voting in person or by a ballot mailed to your home in California.