Politics

By Los Angeles Times staff Oct. 1, 2026 3 AM PT California’s general election takes place on November 3. Here...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text"> The Times submitted surveys to the candidates. Unedited excerpts from the surveys, in which candidates lay out detailed goals...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text"> Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is in the fight of her political life, facing a vigorous challenge from City...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text"> Kounalakis is well known in state politics. She is serving her final term as lieutenant governor, a largely ceremonial...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text"> Whitesides was the first chief executive of Virgin Galactic, which employed hundreds of people in Antelope Valley. Previously, he...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text"> Sign up for the L.A. Times California Politics newsletter Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento,...

The two candidates to become California’s next governor painted vastly different portraits of the state they want to lead during...

The California I grew up in had its pluses and minuses, just like the state I’m living in now.But consider...

California voters will decide whether to establish a $7.5-billion state scientific research arm — similar to the National Institutes of...

Xavier Becerra has made a campaign out of saying nothing. Steve Hilton will seemingly say anything to anyone as long...