Former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman handily won the Republican nomination for Governor with roughly 64 percent of the vote to Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner’s 26 percent. Whitman now faces Democratic Attorney General Jerry Brown in November.
Voters have given the thumbs up to Proposition 14, which will change California’s Primary Election system. With the election barely concluded, a court battle is already brewing.
One of the most contentious ballot measures is still too close to call. Proposition 16 would require two-thirds voter approval to create or expand local public electricity service. Early Wednesday the measure trailed by 4 percentage points.
It looks like the hard-fought and sometimes nasty race for Sacramento County sheriff isn’t over yet. The two highest-profile candidates, Captains Jim Cooper and Scott Jones, are heading for a November runoff.
California Republican voters have chosen billionaire Meg Whitman to square off against Democratic Attorney General Jerry Brown in the Governor’s race this November. Marianne Russ reports on lessons learned from this expensive primary and what's next.
With thousands of vote-by-mail ballots yet to be counted, two incumbents are at risk of losing outright – without a runoff. That would mark the first time since 1992 that a sitting council member lost a re-election bid.
