The Golden State’s use of recall elections and ballot initiatives was a bad idea from the beginning. It’s an immeasurably worse one now.

Gavin Newsom was in trouble until his team decided to make the race about Covid-19. It worked this year in this deep-blue state. Can it work next year in purple ones?

Rose McGowan should have done a little more homework on some of the things Larry Elder has said about women.

Adam Papagan’s campaign for California governor is a joke. But so’s the idea that you can truly compete if you aren’t rich.

Their attempt to oust Gavin Newsom will likely fail, so they are using it to seed a larger narrative about nonexistent voter fraud.

Democrats are realizing that the outcome of the September 14 vote has implications that stretch beyond the state capital.

Gavin Newsom’s wayward political career is not the biggest thing at stake.

Go west, media outlets: The lack of geographical perspective is damaging coverage of matters ranging from national politics to climate change.

The California governor’s fumbled response to the Covid-19 crisis has fueled a surprisingly potent recall campaign against him.