Opinion: How Shirley Chisholm’s run for president led to Kamala Harris’
When Kamala Harris takes the stage on Thursday night, becoming the first woman of color to accept the Democratic Party nomination for president, she will…
Rep. Katie Porter said she’s open to running for public office again
Since Democratic Rep. Katie Porter launched her losing bid for Senate, an air of discontent has simmered quietly — and not so quietly — among…
Barbara Lee won for Black women, even if she lost Senate run
I don’t know what I had expected from Barbara Lee when an aide handed her the phone, but the laughter I heard certainly wasn’t it.…
How Trump propelled Schiff to the general California Senate election
For all of California’s ills and hardships, nothing animated the state’s left-leaning electorate in this year’s Senate race more than the specter of former President…
Adam Schiff and familiarity win California’s marquee Senate race
Adam Schiff got the November opponent he wanted. Steve Garvey was set up to be knocked down. And by year’s end, California will very likely…
California U.S. Senate race’s biggest donors: Who is giving to super PACs, and why
The California candidates vying for the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat in the U.S. Senate face strict rules on how much money they can accept from…
Adam Schiff’s low-drama race for California’s U.S. Senate seat
Adam B. Schiff stepped from a white Porsche Carrera, laced his brown walking shoes and headed down Hill Street in Los Angeles’ Chinatown. He beelined…
In California Senate election to replace Feinstein, will the streak of female senators end?
When Rep. Katie Porter first ran for Congress in 2018, some of the nation’s most influential female leaders and advocacy organizations lined up to support…
California Senate candidates are asked if Biden, Trump are too old
SAN FRANCISCO — With millions of ballots already mailed out across the Golden State, the four leading candidates for the U.S. Senate in California spent their…
Senate candidate Barbara Lee’s hard route from Oakland to D.C.
OAKLAND — On a rainy January day, Rep. Barbara Lee wandered the campus of Mills College at Northeastern University pointing out sites from her historic past.…
Schiff’s latest ad boosts Republican Senate rival Steve Garvey
Republican Senate contender and former baseball All-Star Steve Garvey is getting a campaign boost from an unlikely source — Democratic Rep. Adam B. Schiff, a…
Opinion: Is Steve Garvey, or his California campaign, for real?
Many years ago, I interviewed Steve Garvey’s ex-wife, Cyndy, whose memoir had just been published. She’d spent years as a lonely, resentful baseball wife wrongly…
5 takeaways from California’s first 2024 U.S. Senate election debate
California’s sleepy race to succeed Sen. Dianne Feinstein finally came alive Monday night at USC, when three congressional Democrats and a former-Dodger-turned-Republican-candidate clashed over the…