It's been nearly a week since election day, and California is still counting ballots, imposing an agonizing wait on a nation wondering who will lead the next U.S. House of Representatives. It isn't a surprise that California is taking its time to verify,
Social media rumors that the California governor wanted to secede his state from the Union went viral this week.
Nine states have at least one uncalled House race, some of which are so close they are headed to a recount. Then there’s California. About half of the yet-to-be-decided House races are in the state, which has only counted about three-quarters of its votes statewide.
Newsom has vowed to make California a leader of the resistance against Trump’s second term — especially when it comes to disagreements over the state’s voter-ID and climate laws, as well as protections for women seeking abortions and LGBTQ+ rights.
If California Democrats are going to help reclaim the American Dream from whatever malevolence befalls it now, we can start by reclaiming the California Dream first.
Nine of the 16 races that will determine which party controls the House of Representatives are in California. No state takes longer to tally votes.
George Whitesides, the former NASA chief of staff, defeated Representative Mike Garcia, a Republican, flipping a hotly contested seat in the northern suburbs of Los Angeles.
LET IT SNOW: Northern California is expecting the most rainy days in a week since March, starting with a drizzle on Monday that could bring two to eight inches of snow to the Sierra Nevada’s peaks. Another storm could bring even more precipitation on Wednesday and Thursday.
The nation’s largest state by population has one of the longest vote-counting processes, both because of the sheer number of ballots and efforts to make voting easier.