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California Gubernatorial Election, 2018
The 2018 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of California, concurrently with elections for the rest of California's executive branch, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor Jerry Brown was ineligible to run for re-election for a third consecutive (and fifth non-consecutive) term due to term limits from the Constitution of California. The race was between the incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom and businessman John H. Cox, a Republican, who qualified for the general election after placing first and second in the June 5, 2018, primary election. Newsom won in a landslide, with 62% of the vote, the biggest victory in a gubernatorial race in California since Earl Warren won re-election in 1950, and the biggest victory for a non-incumbent since 1930; Newsom received almost ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange County, California
Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often initialized O.C.) is a county (United States), county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third most populous county in California, the county statistics of the United States, sixth most populous in the United States, and more populous than 19 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Although largely suburban, it is the second most densely populated county in the state behind San Francisco, San Francisco County. The county's three most populous cities are Anaheim, California, Anaheim, Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana, and Irvine, California, Irvine, each of which has a population exceeding 300,000. Santa Ana is also the county seat. Six cities in Orange County lie along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast: Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, and San Clemente. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives Elections In California, 2014
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, with a primary election on June 3, 2014. Voters elected the 53 United States House of Representatives, U.S. representatives from the state of California, one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including a 2014 California gubernatorial election, gubernatorial election. Almost all seats in California retained their partisan control from the 2012 house elections. The sole exception was California's 31st congressional district, which flipped to the Democratic party. In that race, Pete Aguilar received 51.7% of the vote and defeated Paul Chabot. Overview By district Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California by district: Map key This map displays the location of California's congressional districts during this election cycle, allowing the reade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 21st Congressional District
California's 21st congressional district (or CA-21) is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is located in the San Joaquin Valley and includes parts of Fresno County, California, Fresno County and Tulare County, California, Tulare County. Cities in the district include the majority of Fresno, California, Fresno, the north side of Visalia, California, Visalia, and all of Sanger, California, Sanger, Selma, California, Selma, Kingsburg, California, Kingsburg, Parlier, California, Parlier, Reedley, California, Reedley, Orange Cove, California, Orange Cove, Dinuba, California, Dinuba, Orosi, California, Orosi, Cutler, California, Cutler, Farmersville, California, Farmersville, Woodlake, California, Woodlake and Exeter, California, Exeter. The district is currently represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Jim Costa. Demographics According to thAPM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools(featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, 2016
In 2016, Hillary Clinton ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States. Clinton ran as the Democratic Party's candidate for president, in which she became the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party. Prior to running, Clinton served as the United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and the first lady of the United States, as the wife of Bill Clinton, from 1993 to 2001. She was defeated in the general election by the Republican candidate, businessman Donald Trump. Clinton announced her candidacy on April 12, 2015. Her main competitor in the Democratic primaries was Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who ran as a more progressive candidate in the primary. Clinton became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party on June 6, 2016, having received the required number of delegates. On July 22, she announced Virginia Senator Tim K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Renteria
Amanda Andrea Renteria (born November 15, 1974) is the current CEO of Code for America. Under Renteria's leadership, Code for America was awarded $100M in coordinated commitments through The Audacious Project and Blue Meridian Partners to modernize social safety net infrastructure. Renteria announced the project at TED in 2022. Renteria served as a member of President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics and serves on the Treasury Advisory Commission on Racial Equity. She is also a paid contributor to the BBC and ABC News on policy and political matters in the United States. Renteria is recognized for her role as the National Political Director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, and her service as the Chief of Operations for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Renteria also made history as the first Latina Chief of Staff in the U.S. Senate working for United States Senato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant Governor Of California
The lieutenant governor of California is the second highest Executive (government), executive officer of the government of the U.S. state of California. The Lieutenant governor (United States), lieutenant governor is elected to serve a four-year term and can serve a Term limit, maximum of two terms. In addition to largely ministerial roles, serving as acting governor in the absence of the governor of California and as President of the California State Senate, the lieutenant governor either sits on (or appoints representatives to) many of California's regulatory commissions and executive agencies. California is one of seventeen states where the governor and lieutenant governor do not run as running mates on the same Ticket (election), ticket: in California the governor and lieutenant governor are elected separately, although both are up for election in the same year every four years. As a result, California has frequently had a governor and a lieutenant governor of different part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manteca, California
Manteca is a city in San Joaquin County, California. The city had a population of 83,498 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census. It is part of the Stockton-Lodi, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Manteca is a city in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of California, located east of San Francisco and 18 miles (29 kilometers) northwest of Modesto. The Manteca area was first inhabited by Yokuts. Manteca was formally established in 1861 by Joshua Cowell. Cowell claimed around and built houses on what is now the corner of Main and Yosemite, where Bank of America now stands. In 1873, the Central Pacific Railroad laid track directly through the area. The residents wanted to refer to their new train station as "Cowell Station", but there was already a Cowell Station near Tracy, California, Tracy. The residents agreed to change the name of the community, choosing "Monteca" as the new name.Manteca Chamber of Commerce: http://manteca.org/about-manteca/ Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California State Superintendent Of Public Instruction
California () is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the largest state by population and third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following its successful war for independence, but was ceded to the United States in 1848 after the Mexican–American War. The California gold rush started in 1848 and led to social and demographic changes, including depopulation of Indigenous tribes. It organized itself and was admitted as the 31st state in 1850 as a free state, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Andree Eastin (August 20, 1947 – April 23, 2024) was an American politician and educator from California. A professor by education, she was the first woman to be elected California State Superintendent of Public Instruction (1995–2003) since the office was first held in January 1851. Eastin represented parts of Alameda County and Santa Clara County in the California State Assembly between 1986 and 1994. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and education Eastin was born in San Diego, California, where her father served in the United States Navy. After her father completed his career in the Navy, the family moved to San Francisco where her mother had been born and raised. Eastin's parents enrolled her in elementary school in San Francisco, where she was one of 44 children in the second-grade classroom. While the teacher was effective, she couldn't attend to the needs of every child in the class. The family moved to San Carlos shortly thereafter, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California State Treasurer
The state treasurer of California is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the Government of California, government of the U.S. state of California. 34 individuals have held the office of state treasurer since statehood. The incumbent is Fiona Ma, a California Democratic Party, Democrat. The state treasurer's main office is located in the Jesse M. Unruh State Office Building in Sacramento, California, Sacramento. Election and term of office The state treasurer assumes office by way of election. The term of office is four years, renewable once. Elections for state treasurer are held on a four-year basis concurrently with elections for the offices of Governor of California, governor, Lieutenant Governor of California, lieutenant governor, Attorney General of California, attorney general, Secretary of State of California, secretary of state, California State Controller, state controller, California Insurance Commissioner, insurance commissioner, and California Superint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
