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It's Election Day successful California. The apical races connected Californians’ ballots this twelvemonth — deliberation politician and U.S. Senate — battalion small drama, arsenic incumbent Democrats are connected way to cruise to victory. Races elsewhere successful the country, however, are incredibly adjacent and could find whether 1 oregon some houses of Congress alteration hands.
The Chronicle’s reporters and producers volition beryllium posting unrecorded election updates passim the time connected section developments, quality from astir the authorities and country, and investigation connected the galore large issues astatine involvement this election.
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Latest updates:
State voters hold that ideology is astatine risk, canvass finds
A bulk of California voters are successful bipartisan statement that the nation’s ideology and predetermination process are astatine risk, according to a caller Berkeley IGS Poll. But Democrats and Republicans disagree connected the quality of the threats. While 81% of Democrats considered the imaginable for unit by disgruntled voters a large threat, and 79% expressed interest implicit organized efforts that marque it much hard to vote, 69% of Republicans said they considered amerciable voting the biggest menace the U.S. is facing.
The respondents besides diverged successful expressing assurance successful the accuracy of the machines that tally predetermination results, with 86% of Democrats expressing assurance successful the tallies compared with conscionable 45% of Republicans.
“While California voters are successful wide statement that American ideology faces captious dangers, Democrats and Republicans disagree sharply connected the quality of the threats, making the situation of addressing the occupation peculiarly daunting,” said Eric Schickler, co-director of IGS.
President Biden volition not marque nationalist appearances connected Election Day
The White House has called a "lid" for Election Day, indicating President Joe Biden volition not beryllium making immoderate nationalist appearances oregon talk to media.
"We expect the president volition code the elections the time afterwards," Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden's main spokesperson, told reporters astatine a property briefing.
Jean-Pierre said Biden volition ticker the predetermination results from the White House arsenic helium prepares for an upcoming travel to planetary summits successful Asia and North Africa, the AP reported.
The Bay Area contention nationalist progressives are watching
Civil rights lawyer Pamela Price and Chief Assistant District Attorney Terry Wiley are facing disconnected successful the contention for Alameda County territory attorney.
They’re moving to win retiring longtime District Attorney Nancy O’Malley successful a contention that’s drawn nationalist attraction owed to Price’s evident alignment with the question of progressives attempting to redefine the relation of territory attorneys’ offices.
Less than six months aft San Francisco voters recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a erstwhile nationalist defender, the Alameda predetermination was wide seen arsenic a trial for the East Bay’s appetite for a person who focuses connected redressing basal causes of transgression alternatively than much punitive approaches.
Gov. Newsom, expected to cruise to victory, focuses connected statewide issues
With Gavin Newsom astir surely destined to triumph his re-election bid connected Tuesday — much than 1 twelvemonth aft beating backmost a callback effort — the politician of California has spent the past fewer days campaigning for issues that could signifier the aboriginal of the state.
On Sunday, Newsom joined Sen. Alex Padilla successful Southern California to rally for Prop. 1, which guarantees the close to an termination successful the authorities constitution.
“This is our accidental to nonstop a almighty connection backmost to radical each crossed America that we person their back,” Newsom told a assemblage astatine Long Beach City College, referencing the caller U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down Roe v. Wade. “That it’s not conscionable astir 40 cardinal of america successful California; that we person their back. We judge successful reproductive freedom. We judge successful a woman’s close to choose. We judge successful these cardinal freedoms and we are not going to instrumentality this infinitesimal for granted. We’re going to conscionable this moment.”
Separately, the politician has been speaking retired against Prop. 30, which would taxation millionaires to enactment clime alteration initiatives. The proposition is supported by rideshare companies.
“They’re the beneficiary of a batch of those directed dollars,” Newsom said. “I conscionable cannot successful bully conscience enactment that.”
Podcast: Embattled predetermination officials withstand harassment, threats of violence
Until recently, being an predetermination idiosyncratic was an admirable but low-profile mode to service the public. But successful the epoch of Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” and wide disinformation astir elector fraud, predetermination workers are nether siege.
On today’s Fifth & Mission podcast, Chronicle newsman Shwanika Narayan and big Cecilia Lei speech astir the escalating hostility and governmental unit predetermination workers are facing. In a caller poll, 1 successful 5 said they program to permission their jobs earlier the 2024 election.
Also connected the episode, Contra Costa County Deputy County Clerk-Recorder Tommy Gong talks astir the harassment helium endured as the elected clerk-recorder of San Luis Obispo County during and aft the 2020 election, and astir the important relation elected officials play successful a democracy.
Listen at this link.
S.F. voters successful the Sunset turnout for Prop. 1
John and Melinda Bailey, voting astatine the Sunset Rec Center connected Tuesday greeting successful San Francisco, said that 1 of the items motivating them to trek done the rainfall to the polling presumption was Proposition 1, the statewide measurement that would enshrine the close to termination successful the California Constitution. “To me, that’s the astir important happening connected this ballot,” Melinda Bailey said. John Bailey added that helium came to enactment Proposition M, which would taxation owners of vacant units successful San Francisco. “I deliberation it’s an important mode to unfastened up much housing,” helium said.
Another Sunset voter, Anita Harmon, besides said Prop. 1 was 1 connected the astir important items connected the ballot to her. She added that Propositions J and I, which find whether cars volition beryllium allowed backmost connected the Great Highway and JFK Drive, were besides apical of caput this election. “I deliberation those are precise important to radical successful this neighborhood,” she said, though she didn’t stock however she voted. Beyond that, she added, it was astir exercising her close to clasp politicians accountable. “I’d similar to support leaders successful bureau that are thoughtful and liable with their leadership,” she said.
S.F. territory attorney, supervisor candidates canvass successful the rain
Canvassing successful San Francisco continued Tuesday greeting with interim District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, who is moving to support her appointed post, and District 6 supervisor campaigner Matt Dorsey speaking with voters in the rainfall successful the South of Market neighborhood.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and State Sen. Scott Wiener joined the candidates Tuesday extracurricular Philz Coffee connected Folsom Street, holding signs successful enactment of Dorsey.
Don’t stake connected sports gambling to triumph – yet
People apt to beryllium crying successful their brew aft the polls adjacent Tuesday see supporters of Propositions 26 and 27, some of which are attempting to legalize sports gambling successful California. Supporters burned a stadium afloat of wealth ($120 cardinal down Prop. 26 and $169 cardinal successful enactment for Prop. 27) to legalize wagering here, and polls foretell some volition spell down successful defeat.
The reasons are galore for their defeat, starting with however galore Californians didn’t deliberation the result of Prop. 27 was that important to them, according to a Public Policy Institute of California survey. And fewer were buying Prop. 27’s committedness to steer a information of their gross toward stateless services and affordable lodging — including stateless work providers.
But Californians who privation to stake (legally) connected sports shouldn’t despair. Another ballot measurement whitethorn beryllium coming successful 2024. With California’s sports gambling market worthy an estimated $3 cardinal to $4 billion
Key tests for Mayor London Breed successful this election
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is not connected the ballot Tuesday, but she faces a fig of high-stakes tests that could interaction her governmental future.
Five of her appointees to elected-official vacancies are facing voters for the archetypal time: District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey, and schoolhouse committee candidates Lainie Motamedi, Lisa Weissman-Ward and Ann Hsu.
In addition, Breed is supporting 8 ballot measures and opposing six. The astir captious and contentious is Proposition D, meant to streamline affordable housing, which she pushed aft supervisors rejected her erstwhile efforts to propulsion reforms done the board. Progressive supervisors past placed competing measurement Prop. E connected the ballot.
Breed is besides down Prop. J, which would support JFK Drive successful Golden Gate Park car-free and is being challenged by Prop I.
Vice President Harris spending Election Day successful L.A.
Vice President Kamala Harris volition walk Tuesday successful Los Angeles, doing vigor interviews to thrust elector turnout, according to her nationalist schedule. Harris spoke astatine an predetermination rally Monday astatine UCLA and encouraged voters to enactment Congresswoman Karen Bass, who is moving for politician against developer Rick Caruso successful Los Angeles. "When I was successful Sacramento and (Bass) was successful Sacramento, I saw however she would tirelessly combat for the radical of this region, the radical of our state, and the radical of our nation," Harris told the crowd. Harris was California's lawyer general, portion Bass served successful the California authorities Assembly earlier becoming a U.S. representative.
Why rainfall connected Election Day could beryllium atrocious for Republicans
What does rainfall connected Election Day means successful California, according to predetermination information guru Paul Mitchell? “It’s bully for the environment,” helium said, “and atrocious for Republicans.” That’s due to the fact that 44% of Republicans program connected voting in-person astatine a voting halfway and 36% of Republicans accidental they won’t ballot until Election Day, according to a Capitol Weekly poll. It recovered that 6% of Democrats program to formed ballots successful idiosyncratic and 9% volition bash truthful Tuesday.
So Tuesday's storms could impact much Republicans than Democrats. Rain was lashing Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley connected Tuesday, and Mitchell noted that Irvine, Santa Clarita, Stockton and Merced are hosting immoderate of the nation’s astir competitory House races.
Why bash Republicans hold until Election Day? Historically, they didn’t. They were acold much often aboriginal ballot-casters. But that changed aft the non-stop, flat-out incorrect warnings from apical Republicans – led by Donald Trump – that the voting strategy is not to beryllium trusted. Capitol Weekly’s polling recovered that 54% of California Republican voters are not assured that their ballot volition beryllium received and counted if they instrumentality it by mail. Only 3% of Democrats consciousness that way.
It’s a truly unsafe strategy, said Mitchell, vice president of Political Data and proprietor of Redistricting Partners, a governmental strategy firm. “Republicans person self-sequestered themselves into this in-person voting colonisation due to the fact that of conspiracy theories,” Mitchell said. “It’s not strategical to say, 'Hey, you’ve got this casual mode to ballot for a month, but we privation you to take a harder mode and lone bash it connected 1 day.’”
A Northern California contention that could assistance find the equilibrium of powerfulness successful Congress
Rocklin Republican Kevin Kiley has tally unsuccessfully for higher bureau doubly successful the past fewer years and has been stuck successful the superminority successful the authorities Assembly since helium was elected successful 2016.
But Tuesday, helium mightiness spot his luck change.
Kiley is moving against Democrat Dr. Kermit Jones for an unfastened spot successful Congress. If helium and different Republican candidates triumph Tuesday night, helium could find himself successful the bulk for the archetypal clip successful his governmental career.
Prop. D run makes past propulsion to get voters retired connected a rainy morning
During a rainy commencement to Election Day, laptops and clipboards replaced drinks connected the barroom of Noe Valley Tavern, wherever the Proposition D run was making 1 past propulsion to punctual radical to vote. At 7 a.m., 54 volunteers from the Nor Cal Carpenters Union headed retired to bent flyers connected doors astir Noe Valley and the Mission.Todd David, a elder advisor to the Housing Action Coalition who is helping tally the Prop. D campaign, said that today, the situation is getting radical to really formed their ballots. “After 4 elections, there’s decidedly a small elector fatigue,” helium said. “Rain connected the time of doesn’t assistance either.” And his Election Day connection to voters? “Please retrieve to vote. It’s not that hard to locomotion to the mailbox.”
Will the Paul Pelosi onslaught impact the midterms?
After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hubby Paul Pelosi was attacked by an intruder successful their San Francisco home, some Democrats started talking astir it successful their campaigns.
Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized Republicans who made airy of the attack. In 1 adjacent legislature contention successful Southern California, Democrat Christy Smith accused her hostile of bearing work due to the fact that he’s called Nancy Pelosi “evil.” In Northern California, legislature campaigner Dr. Kermit Jones talked astir the lawsuit with supporters implicit the weekend, saying it underscores that civility and American ideology are astatine involvement successful this election.
Political experts accidental that strategy whitethorn assistance Democrats crook retired their base, but apt won’t person a immense interaction connected the midterms.
Find your polling spot successful California
It's Election Day successful California.
Stephen Lam/The ChronicleYou tin find your polling spot successful California by entering your code connected the California Secretary of State's Office website or connected your county's elections website.
Mail-ballot turnout successful Bay Area’s largest counties
Vote-by-mail turnout successful the Bay Area’s 4 largest counties arsenic of Monday, the time earlier the election, was somewhat much than 25%, according to their predetermination websites.
In Santa Clara County, 292,464 retired of 1,045,613 ballots had been returned, oregon 28%.
In Alameda County, 264,128 retired of 931,936 ballots had been returned, oregon 28.3%.
A full of 177,227 retired of 701,915 ballots had been returned in Contra Costa County, oregon 25.3%.
In San Francisco, 134,020 retired of 501,166 ballots issued to voters had been returned, oregon 26.7%.
California polls are open
Voting centers are present unfastened successful California for in-person voting and ballot drop-off from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are lasting successful enactment astatine 8 p.m., you are inactive allowed to vote, according to the California Secretary of State's Office. If you haven't voted yet, here's how to formed your ballot successful the Bay Area.
Congress, Senate, Governor: Races to watch
These are the nationalist races that we’ll beryllium keeping a adjacent oculus connected tonight.
California legislature races
CA-45: A batch has changed since 2020, erstwhile Orange County Republican Reps. Michelle Steel and Young Kim made past by being the archetypal GOP Korean American women to ever service successful Congress. The latest circular of redistricting forced Steel into a caller territory wherever Democrats clasp a 5-point registration advantage. Steel is facing Democrat Jay Chen, successful a contention the progressive American Prospect dubbed “the craziest House contention of 2022” due to the fact that of Steel’s attempts to overgarment Chen arsenic a instrumentality of the Chinese government.
CA-9: Democratic Rep. Josh Harder has consistently tally successful battleground districts, and 2022 is nary antithetic arsenic helium seeks re-election successful a caller territory that includes astir fractional of his existent one, and which contains 44% registered Democrats, 28% Republicans and 20% nary enactment penchant voters. He’s facing San Joaquin County Supervisor Tom Patti, who’s been investigated aggregate times during his tenure connected the region committee — investigations that determined helium crossed the enactment successful berating different supervisor and region staffers. Bribery allegations against Patti, however, weren’t substantiated by investigators.
CA-41: Republican Rep. Ken Calvert is simply a stalwart of Riverside County politics, but the summation of overmuch of Palm Springs, which includes a important LGBTQ community, makes his latest re-election bid little of a definite bet. Donald Trump won Calvert’s aged territory by 7 percent points successful 2020, but would person won by lone 1 constituent successful the caller district, and Democrats judge it has continued to displacement successful their favor. Democrat Will Rollins, the erstwhile national authoritative challenging Calvert, has astatine slightest 1 almighty state successful his corner: erstwhile Sen. Barbara Boxer, who’s been fundraising connected his behalf.
CA-3: Republican Assemblyman Kevin Kiley has had his oculus connected a fig of higher-profile positions for a fewer years, and this clip it looks like helium mightiness get his privation successful his bid for Congress. Kiley was a vocal hostile of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic prevention measures, and ran successful the callback predetermination attempting to oust the politician from office. He’s facing a governmental newcomer, Dr. Kermit Jones, who’s taken a mean stance connected galore issues arsenic he’s campaigned.
U.S. Senate
Nevada: The Nevada Senate contention hasn’t garnered astir arsenic overmuch attraction arsenic races successful Georgia and Pennsylvania but could beryllium a pickup accidental for Republicans. Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Mastro is locked successful a choky conflict to bent onto her seat, and is facing Republican erstwhile Attorney General Adam Laxalt. Cortez Mastro has championed her stance connected termination rights access; Laxalt celebrated the Supreme Court determination to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Georgia: Abortion has colored virtually each contention successful the country, but possibly obscurity has it factored truthful straight into a run arsenic it has successful Georgia, wherever 2 women person claimed Republican campaigner Herschel Walker encouraged them to get abortions aft helium impregnated them. Walker has denied those claims. Meanwhile, helium has said helium would enactment a national prohibition connected the procedure. Sen. Raphael Warnock is 1 of the lone Democrats to triumph a national predetermination successful Georgia successful decades, and is warring to clasp onto the spot aft winning a peculiar predetermination successful 2021.
Pennsylvania: Equally arsenic explosive a contention has been the Pennsylvania Senate contest, wherever Republican TV property Dr. Mehmet Oz is moving against Democrat John Fetterman, a erstwhile lieutenant politician who suffered a changeable successful May. Though the candidates person staked retired positions connected superior issues including abortion, ostentation and crime, the contention has besides been dominated by questions astir Fetterman’s health, and claims that Oz has dispersed aesculapian misinformation implicit his vocation and that helium lone precocious moved to Pennsylvania.
Governor
Oregon: The past Republican politician of Oregon, Vic Atiyeh, won predetermination successful 1978. But a Republican candidate, Christine Drazan, has had a flimsy borderline successful the polls successful caller weeks — a imaginable terrifying to Democrats who’ve agelong viewed the West Coast (the continental part, anyway) arsenic a safely Democratic bloc. Millions of dollars from Nike laminitis Phil Knight to an autarkic campaigner person scrambled the race, arsenic the New York Times reported, and could divided left-leaning voters betwixt Democrat Tina Kotek, the erstwhile talker of the Oregon House, and Knight’s beneficiary, Betsy Johnson.
Arizona: Elections themselves person been a cardinal contented successful the contention for Arizona governor, wherever Republican erstwhile quality broadcaster Kari Lake is moving against Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. Lake has pushed mendacious conspiracies astir the validity of the 2020 statesmanlike election. Hobbs, meanwhile, volition oversee the predetermination successful which she’s moving successful her relation arsenic caput of state.
Georgia: The contention for Georgia politician is simply a rematch of the 2018 contention betwixt now-Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams. In that race, Abrams fell little than 60,000 votes abbreviated successful an matter overseen by Kemp successful his relation arsenic caput of state. Abrams was integral successful 2020 successful helping unafraid electoral wins for Georgia Democrats done her elector registration efforts, but polls look to favour Kemp this clip around. Voting rights and termination entree person been cardinal issues successful the race.
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