The leading candidates for California governor clashed in a lively debate Tuesday on everything from a proposed tax on billionaires to state-funded healthcare for immigrants in the country illegally.
Election 2026
Coverage of local, statewide and national elections in 2026.
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Meet the candidates running for the District 6 Santa Cruz City Council seat – and get ready for the June 2 primary
Lookout offers short videos from the two candidates – Renee Golder and Gabriella Noack – running for the District 6 seat.
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Meet the candidates running for the District 4 Santa Cruz City Council seat – and get ready for the June 2 primary
Lookout offers short videos from the two candidates – Scott Newsome and Hector Marin – running for the District 4 seat.
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In the six-way race to be California’s treasurer, it likely comes down to two Democrats
California’s treasurer manages bonds, pensions and billions in cash. These are the six people vying for the job.
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Ryan Coonerty says Santa Cruz residents are concerned about quality-of-life issues, not so much with criticism from opponents
With ballots set to go out to voters on Monday, Santa Cruz mayoral candidate Ryan Coonerty says his discussions with prospective voters show a great deal of concern with quality-of-life issues. He says he doesn’t hear the same concern about his policies and political positions that his opponents have raised.
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In first run for elected office, Santa Cruz mayor hopeful Gillian Greensite wants to stop ‘overbuilding’
Gillian Greensite has spent many years in Santa Cruz attending city council meetings and working in rape prevention and environmental advocacy. Now, she’s diving into electoral politics for the first time to run for mayor, in the face of what she sees as “overbuilding.”
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Meet the candidates for California lieutenant governor: ‘A job about nothing’
Five major candidates, including state Treasurer Fiona Ma and former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, are competing for the notoriously anticlimactic gig of lieutenant governor.
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In first electoral run since his recall, Chris Krohn aims to stop the ‘selling off’ of Santa Cruz to developers as mayor
Returning to electoral politics six years after he was recalled in March 2020, former city councilmember and mayor Chris Krohn is stepping back into the ring with the goal of stopping the “selling off” of Santa Cruz to outside developers and shifting the focus on affordable housing providers.
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Five candidates, five questions, one big decision: Meet the voices vying to lead Santa Cruz – and get ready for the June 2 primary
Who will be the next mayor of Santa Cruz? Here, the five candidates – Ami Chen Mills, Ryan Coonerty, Gillian Greensite, Chris Krohn and Joy Schendledecker – describe what they would do in short videos.
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California’s race for secretary of state shows partisan divide over how to count ballots
California’s top vote-counter, Secretary of State Shirley Weber, faces a challenge from Republican Don Wagner in the 2026 election.
