After Mayes bailed on the GOP, Republican Andrew Kotyuk, the mayor of San Jacinto, a wealth manager and propane supplier, jumped in. On this page, you will find: Information on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the election; hoping to sideline the progressive in the race. And unlike previous elections that have fallen along competing ethnic lines, both escaped from Vietnam as children and have deep ties within the district’s Vietnamese community. supporters to seek medical waivers exempting them from wearing masks during the pandemic. For Fresno-area local election results, go here. What happens when an anti-Trump Republican finally gives up and runs as an independent in a district that backed Trump in 2016? This is also home to California’s “mod squad,” a loose confederation of Democrats who regularly torpedo the plans of the party’s progressive base. In 2017, the Los Angeles Times reported that a Huntington Park city council member had worked as a consultant to Martinez, soliciting contributions to his short-lived 2015 Assembly campaign from companies that had business before the council. Usually political change is gradual, but the transformation here seemed to take place overnight on June 5, 2018. In Sacramento, he’s been known to make the occasional bipartisan gesture and he seems to prefer a hand-shaking, local-business-boosting approach to politics over the Twitter flamewar. She contends that her opponent is a secret liberal and a “Newsom Democrat.” Her Exhibit A: Petrie-Norris voted for a new law that makes it harder for companies to classify their gig workers as independent contractors. to classify their gig workers as independent contractors, his own party — with the help of Lyft and Uber — turned against him. Senator Jerry Hill is term-limited after 8 years as a California Senator. There’s a big cool-down coming to Northern California. California Democrats hit an apex in 2018 when they won three-quarters of seats — “gigamajorities” — in the state Legislature. Upshot: This tri-country corner of Southern California suburbia is at the eye of three overlapping electoral storms. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A coastal Orange County district, once a GOP bastion, has become in the Trump era a virtual toss-up. A former special education teacher and Boy Scout turned highway patrolman, Lackey is one of the Assembly’s most moderate Republicans: More than half of the bills he put his name on last year were co-authored with Democrats. Of all California’s hot district races — legislative or congressional — none have seen a larger drop in the Republican share of registered voters since 2014. It’s not even predominantly about ideology, though Martinez’s business connections and endorsers would seem to put him to the right of Jones-Sawyer. Like most Republicans in the state, she has campaigned on her opposition to a new law that made it much more difficult for businesses to classify their workers as independent contractors. Since 2012, this district has been represented by Eggman, a rare Central Valley progressive. What this is mostly about: the shifting demographics of one of the state’s most Democratic districts. She has raised more money than any other Legislative candidate this year. You may opt-out by. A mainstay of Orange County GOP politics for the last 15 years, she’s touting her opposition to the gig worker law that tanked Diep’s career,  and her general support for lower taxes and business-friendly regulations. Cottie Petrie-Norris was inspired to run after the election of President Trump. The Air Force, its auxiliary industries, agriculture and trucking have provided jobs here, and politics have tilted conservative. A Democrat, the district’s Democratic-bent notwithstanding, is hardly a shoo-in here. But the types of Republicans who live here — affluent, well-educated— have not been keen on Trump. But times are changing, partly due to tens of thousands of priced-out Angelinos — many Black and Latino — who’ve recently moved northward into Lancaster and Palmdale. The top two contenders emerging from the primary present a clearer ideological choice. This district is one-third Latino and one-third Asian American, and 40% of adults here have college degrees. But the story is more complicated. Democrats were already hopeful that Nguyen had the right background to win this district: Born in Saigon, she was drawn into politics in 2016 over a local redistricting process she said cut local Vietnamese and Latino voters out of the process. He had emerged from 2018’s blue wave election as the only GOP freshman in the Assembly, but after siding with Democrats on a law that makes it harder for companies to classify their gig workers as independent contractors, his own party — with the help of Lyft and Uber — turned against him. On paper, the incumbent assemblymember ought to be vulnerable. But he’s no firebrand. In December 2019, a judge denied Burkholder the right to describe herself as a “doctor” on the ballot, ordering the state to replace the word with “licensed counselor.” She’s also championed parents’ rights to keep their children from being vaccinated, and encouraged supporters to seek medical waivers exempting them from wearing masks during the pandemic. Her opponent this year may put up a bigger challenge, but Petrie-Norris has plenty to fund her defense. After eking out a 600-vote win in November of 2018, Maienschein, who had been the Assembly’s most moderate Republican, became a Democrat two months later. One Republican legislator ditches GOP, the other gets primaried, Another California Republican defection: Former party leader bails on the GOP. A former state senator who lost her overlapping seat in 2018, Nguyen rose to challenge Diep after local Republican Party activists put out a call for his ouster. Newhouse School of Public Communications and was an editor at The Daily Orange, the university’s independent student newspaper. Burkholder has struggled to raise the requisite cash to put up a real fight. But beginning in the 1990s, the district began to change. In December 2019, a judge denied Burkholder the right to describe herself as a “, ” on the ballot, ordering the state to replace the word with “licensed counselor.” She’s also, parents’ rights to keep their children from being vaccinated, and. His purple district is trending blue. As the challenger in one of the most fiercely contested swing seats of the year, he has the endorsement of virtually every major California Democrat and tons of money to spend. Tracing the 101 from Lompoc to Paso Robles, this stretch of the Central Coast is more rural, agricultural and conservative than Santa Barbara to the south or Monterey to the north. Like most Republicans in the state, she has campaigned on her opposition to a new law that made it much more difficult for businesses to classify their workers as independent contractors. Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change. A former special education teacher and Boy Scout turned highway patrolman, Lackey is one of the Assembly’s most moderate Republicans: of the bills he put his name on last year were co-authored with Democrats. This year, Democrats think they’ve found the right candidate — and the right year — to unseat a vulnerable incumbent. This is one of the top targets. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Dixon has also emerged as one of the more vocal critics of the governor, whom she assailed as a “new class of monarch” for his decision to close state beaches in Orange County. In what had long been a solidly Republican district, not a single GOP candidate qualified. But there is nothing impromptu about her reelection bid against her poorly funded Republican challenger. The legislative body consists of 80 members, with each member representing approximately 465,000 people. That rift could just as easily be described as pro- and anti-Michael Tubbs, Stockton’s 30-year-old mayor. Those ties have helped Martinez solicit campaign contributions from local businesses and the endorsements of Huntington Park and Walnut Park elected leaders and staff. Look up your state representative and search our legislation database. to Twentynine Palms, this district sits on the knife’s edge of California politics. By Peter Johnson, New Times San Luis Obispo. But Cunningham, now seeking a third term, hews to the center and touts his bipartisan bonafides. California Democrats hit an apex in 2018 when they won three-quarters of seats — “gigamajorities” — in the state Legislature. California State Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) speaks during a news conference to ... [+] announce new legislation to address recent deadly police shootings on April 3, 2018 in Sacramento, California. And unlike previous elections that have fallen along competing ethnic lines, both escaped from Vietnam as children and have deep ties within the district’s Vietnamese community. But the district’s eclectic mix — farm fields and vineyards, a college town and an Air Force base, sleepy surf towns and exurban sprawl — makes for local politics that averages out to moderate. Since the beginning of the campaign, she’s been outraised by more than 15-to-1. Since the beginning of the campaign, she’s been outraised by more than 15-to-1. It’s down to 1 point. 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The measure was passed 60-14 with bipartisan support. Mayes then joined former Gov. Oh, and she’s sitting on a mountain of cash. An immigrant from South Korea, Choi is a soft-spoken, buttoned-up presence in the Capitol — voting with Republicans most of the time, but extolling the value of occasional bipartisanship to get things done. A Republican-turned-Democrat squares off against a Republican up-and-comer. For Sacramento-area local election results, go here. Democratic squabbling doomed California’s 'Year of housing production.'