Incumbent concedes Oakland District 3 seat to housing activist Carroll Fife
Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney has conceded the District 3 council race to Carroll Fife, who was leading by a wide margin ...
Philhour concedes, Chan wins District 1 supervisor race
San Francisco District 1 supervisor candidate Marjan Philhour has conceded the race to Connie Chan after falling ...
Oakland turns up to celebrate election results
People filled the streets of Oakland Saturday morning in reaction to major news outlets projecting Joe Biden ...
Local leaders show love for Bay Area native Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, President-elect Joe Biden
"A Trump campaign punctuated by racism and misogyny will end with a Black woman in the White ...
San Francisco voters show wide support for new street cleaning department proposition
San Francisco voters are backing a measure to create a new department focused on keeping sidewalks and ...
Trump makes unfounded voter fraud claims, Biden urges ‘calm’ as his lead grows
All eyes are on Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona Thursday afternoon as former Vice President Joe Biden inches closer to an Electoral College ...
Voters save Caltrain with Measure RR passage in all three counties
Voters in the three counties served by Caltrain passed a measure that will add a one one-eighth ...
Philhour’s lead grows slightly in tight District 1 supervisor race
Marjan Philhour is holding onto a thin lead in the ranked-choice San Francisco District 1 supervisor race, ...
Livermore vice mayor holds substantial lead in city’s mayoral race
Livermore Vice Mayor Bob Woerner appears to have won the race for mayor, Tuesday’s unofficial election results ...
Voters narrowly approve bond measure to save Piedmont Community Pool
A voter effort to save Piedmont’s community pool worked, final unofficial results from Tuesday’s election show.
Measure UU ...
All four incumbents hold onto BART Board director seats
All four BART Board directors running for reelection won bids to retain their seats, with embattled Director Debora Allen cruising to victory with ...
California voters reject rent control and employee rights for gig workers, but close Prop 13 loopholes and restore parolee voting rights
With things like affirmative action, abolishment of cash bail, rent control and a referendum on Proposition 13 ...
Presidential race too close to call despite premature Trump victory claim
In a race without a clear winner, the bid for the presidency hinges on a handful of ...
Cross-bay voters split on measures to lower voting age
Sixteen and 17-year-old students in Oakland schools will have a voice when it comes time to elect ...
Ranked-choice lifts Marjan Philhour to razor-thin District 1 lead
Four incumbent San Francisco supervisors appeared to have secured their spots on the Board of Supervisors.
Contra Costa County election results offer few surprises
The Contra Costa County congressional district races landed pretty much where expected with incumbents retaining seats handily. Measure X, a 1/2 cent sales ...
San Francisco voters say ‘yes’ to ballot propositions
San Francisco voters were asked to consider 13 propositions for the Nov. 3 election.
Early results show Caltrain sales tax above 2/3 majority required to pass
Early votes have Proposition RR, which would provide a dedicated funding stream to Caltrain, headed toward approval.
Officials say Election Day voting ‘smooth sailing’ across Bay Area counties
Elections officials say so far, so good at the polls Tuesday, as Election Day 2020 has launched ...
Millions of Bay Area ballots cast before Election Day polls open
Tuesday is Election Day! Polls in California officially opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 ...
Massive voting tent goes up outside Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
A huge white tent sits outside of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Friday morning across from City Hall, giving the air of a ...
San Francisco prepares for unprecedented November election
Amid a lingering pandemic and fears over mail service, this election season is like no other. San ...
Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris as VP on 2020 ticket
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden has selected U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, former San ...
Santa Clara County considers mail-in voting only for November election
About 900,000 eligible voters in Santa Clara County may be limited to vote-by-mail ballots in November if ...
State reminds voters of right to take time off work to cast ballots
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla is reminding voters that they are allowed two hours off of ...
San Francisco recruits poll workers for March 3 election
The Department of Elections in San Francisco is recruiting people interested in serving as poll workers in the March 3 election.
Poll workers facilitate ...
Sanders campaign opens downtown Oakland office
The 2020 campaign of Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, formally opened a campaign ...
Warren meets with childcare provider, union reps in San Jose stop
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren spent time in San Jose Friday, taking a moment in the afternoon to ...
Voter registration reaches all-time high, yet gaps persist among non-white voters
Voting rights activists remain worried about persistent gaps in voter participation based on race and ethnicity.
Marin County voters to weigh wildfire prevention tax on March ballot
Marin County voters in March will consider approving a parcel tax that would raise approximately $19.3 million ...
Campaign office grand opening draws hundreds of Sanders’ supporters
Hundreds flocked to the Mission District in San Francisco on Thursday for the grand opening of Bernie Sanders’ Bay Area campaign headquarters.
Former San ...
Nation’s largest nurses’ union endorses Bernie Sanders
"We need a president who makes it easier for us to stand together and hold our employers ...
Elizabeth Warren opens first state campaign office in Oakland
The first California campaign office for presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is scheduled to open this weekend in ...
‘Yang Gangers’ roar for Andrew Yang despite fires, windstorm
You'd never know Northern California was simultaneously being ravaged by a windstorm, several wildfires, and massive power ...
President fundraising visit draws protesters, inflatable ‘baby Trump’
With President Donald Trump in the Bay Area on Tuesday for the first time since being inaugurated, ...
