Democratic incumbent Eleni Kounalakis and Republican Lancaster official Angela Underwood Jacobs are competing for the position of California lieutenant governor — an under-the-radar office that has been a steppingstone for a few governors past. As lieutenant governor, Kounalakis has If reelected in November, Kounalakis said she would continue to sponsor legislation and work behind the scenes to get policies she …
This is the June 28, 2021, edition of the Essential Politics newsletter. I reached out to two people who’ve thought a lot about the idea of systemic reform in California, the coauthors of the 2010 book “California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It.” Joe Mathews is a former Times political writer and biographer …
As Joe Biden nears the announcement of his vice presidential choice, the top contenders and their advocates are making final appeals. Biden said in May that he hoped to name his pick around Aug. 1 and told reporters this week that he would "have a choice in the first week of August." Biden allies say his wife, Jill, and sister, …
