Midterm Election 2026 (2026)

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L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman and Mayor Karen Bass.

Your guide to the race for L.A. mayor: Bass vs. Raman

Left; Calif. gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton. Right; Calif. gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra.

Your guide to the California governor’s race: Becerra vs. Hilton

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Your guide to Proposition 40: California’s billionaire tax proposal

Your guide to the California lieutenant governor race: Ma vs. Romero

L: State Attorney General Rob Bonta; R: Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates.

Your guide to the California attorney general race: Bonta vs. Gates

Republican candidate for Secretary of State Don Wagner, and Secretary of State of California Shirley Weber

Your guide to the California secretary of state race: Weber vs. Wagner

Republican challenger Herb Morgan promises more aggressive oversight. Democratic incumbent Malia Cohen touts her accomplishments in office.

Your guide to the California controller race: Incumbent Cohen vs. challenger Morgan

California Treasurer Fiona Ma is photographed at her office in Sacramento, Calif.

Your guide to the California treasurer race: Kounalakis vs. Hawks

Left; Sen. Ben Allen. Right, San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim

Your guide to the California insurance commissioner race: Allen vs. Kim

Left: Richard Barrera speaks at the 2026 California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. Right, Sonja Shaw speaks at the California Policy Center and PERK (Protection of the Educational Rights of Kids) event in Simi Valley on Sept. 26, 2023.

Your guide to the California state schools superintendent race: Barrera vs. Shaw

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14 propositions that could remake California taxes, housing, healthcare and elections

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Your guide to Proposition 1: Borrowing money for low-income and veteran housing

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Your guide to Proposition 2: Lets leaders fatten ‘rainy day’ fund, reduces likelihood of taxpayer rebates

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Your guide to Proposition 3: Making a high-income tax extension permanent

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Your guide to Proposition 4: Allowing public campaign financing in California

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Your guide to Proposition 5: Big changes to recall elections in California

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Your guide to Proposition 37: Loans for middle-income homeowners

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Your guide to Proposition 38: Immunology and immunotherapy research funding

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Your guide to Proposition 39: Stricter voter ID requirements

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Your guide to Proposition 41: Special tax audit proposal could block billionaire tax

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Your guide to Proposition 42: Tax ban on retirement, personal savings

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Your guide to Proposition 43: Voting thresholds for local special taxes

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Your guide to Proposition 44: Federally funded health clinic spending

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Your guide to Proposition 45: Faster CEQA review for housing and infrastructure

L: Jacqui Irwin and R: Samuel Gallucci running for CA-26.

Your guide to the California Congressional District 26 race: Irwin vs. Gallucci

Your guide to the California Congressional District 27 race: Whitesides vs. Gibbs

Your guide to the California Congressional District 40 race: Kim vs. Calvert

Democrat Derek Tran, right faces upstart Chuong Vo, in the general election for California Congressional District 45.

Your guide to the California Congressional District 45 race: Tran vs. Vo

Democratic incumbent Dave Min and Republican Jenny Rae Le Roux face off for the 47th Congressional District seat.

Your guide to the California Congressional District 47 race: Min vs. Le Roux

Left; Marni Von Wilpert, Right; Jim Desmond

Your guide to the California Congressional District 48 race: Von Wilpert vs. Desmond

Deputy Atty. Gen. Marissa Roy, left, and Deputy Dist. Atty. John McKinney.

Your guide to the L.A. city attorney’s race: McKinney vs. Roy

LOS ANGELES , CA - AUGUST 4, 2026: City Council District 3 candidate Barri Worth Girvan meets voters during a neighborhood National Nigh Out event in Canoga Park's Lanark Park on August 4, 2026 in Los Angeles CA. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles, California - August 08, 2026: Los Angeles CD3 City Council Candidate Tim Gaspar poses for a portrait outside Lucky Strike Bowling Alley, where he was participating in a Kids on the Spectrum Bowling League event on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. Gaspar, an entrepreneur who grew up and lives in the West Valley, attends this event weekly and aims his campaign to give back and uplift his home city. (Arwen Clemans/Los Angeles Times)

Your guide to the L.A. City Council District 3 race: Gaspar vs. Worth Girvan

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 17, 2026 - Estuardo Mazariegos, who is running for Los Angeles City Council District 9, is photographed at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on March 17, 2026.(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles) LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 17, 2026 - Jose Ugarte, who is running for Los Angeles City Council District 9, visits City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on March 17, 2026.(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles)

Your guide to the L.A. City Council District 9 race: Ugarte vs. Mazariegos

SAN PEDRO, CA - MAY 09: City of Los Angeles Fire Department engine photographed at Fire Station 112 in San Pedro, CA on Saturday, May 9, 2026 during a citywide Fire Service Day open house. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Your guide to L.A. City Measure FD: Hiking Fire Department sales tax

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Your guide to Proposition TE: Exempting fire victims from the ‘mansion tax’

Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment LA: Restructuring public works administration

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Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment PL: Streamlining Planning Department processes

Los Angeles, CA - April 09: A view of areas of urban blight around Los Angeles City Hall, including Putnam fountain, Los Angeles Mall and Fletcher Brown Square in Los Angeles Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment EE: City Council meetings, ethics and elections

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Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment PRK: More money for parks

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Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment PRT: Greater public insight into airport, harbor departments

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Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment SC: Board of education campaign finance rules

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna during Wednesday's debate.

Your guide to the L.A. County sheriff’s race: A rematch between Luna and Villanueva

South Gate, CA, United States - May 24, 2026: Firefighters battle an industrial fire in on Sunday, May 24, 2026 in South Gate, CA. (Second Sentence Here) (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

Your guide to L.A. County Charter Amendment A: Binding arbitration

Los Angeles, CA, Thursday, October 3, 2024 - LA County Sheriff's Men's Central Jail.(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Your guide to L.A. County Charter Amendment E: Jail alternatives

Adriana Cabrera, Robert Payne, Kristina Irwin and Steven F. Veres is running for Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat 2.

Your guide to the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat 2 race

Adam Bruno, Darryn Harris, Elaine Alaniz, Darryn Harris, Nancy Pearlman and Priscilla Umana are running for the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat 4.

Your guide to the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat 4 race

Gabriel Buelna, Randall Winston and Tonia Arey are running for Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat 6.

Your guide to the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Seat 6 race

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Your guide to the L.A. County Superior Court judge elections: Every competitive race

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FILE - Dan Sullivan, a candidate in Alaska's U.S. Senate race who shares a name with the incumbent seeking reelection, talks in front of a welcome sign near downtown Petersburg, Alaska, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Attorneys for GOP-run Alaska say ‘meritless’ Trump demand to set aside Senate ballots ‘not even possible’

Alaska’s Republican-run state government is urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at President Trump’s direction to stop the certification in the event of a Democratic win in that state’s pivotal U.S. Senate race.

RIVERSIDE, CA - OCTOBER 30, 2026: Early voting has begun at the La Sierra Library on October 30, 2026 in Riverside, CA. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Cascade of court rulings rebuffs Trump administration’s election efforts

Former Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands on the rope line during a campaign event on the campus of Clark Atlanta University, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Kamala Harris, campaigning in 7 states, urges Democrats to turn ‘anger into action’

SAN PEDRO, CA - MAY 09: The City of Los Angeles Fire Department boat Warner L. Lawrence also known as Fire Boat 2 in its dock at Fire Station 112 in San Pedro, CA on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Your last-minute guide to every L.A. city charter amendments, ballot measures

Your last-minute guide to the L.A. city attorney’s race: McKinney vs. Roy

Voices

Lopez: No undecideds here: Why Bass backers are on board, and Raman fans are fired up

Your last-minute guide to the L.A. County sheriff’s race: Luna vs. Villanueva

Proposed billionaire tax could impact California sports teams

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Justice Dept. sent subpoenas to L.A. election officials. What that means and what happens next
9th Circuit again denies Trump administration request to block 20,000 California ballots
Your last-minute guide to in-person voting for California’s general election
Democrats are the wild card in House race between two SoCal Republicans
Your last-minute guide to Proposition 3, the other tax-the-rich measure
Your last-minute guide to Proposition 45: CEQA and data centers
Your last-minute guide to Propositions 40, 41, 42: The billionaire battle
Your last-minute guide to Proposition 44: Health center spending

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