Riverside County Sheriff and California gubernatorial hopeful Chad Bianco warned Republican infighting could sabotage the party’s best shot in decades to retake the state, blasting GOP rivals as “too stupid” to see what’s at stake.

Jasmeet Bains, who represents Kern County in the California Assembly, becomes the latest Democrat and likely frontrunner in the race against Rep. David Valadao.

LA County Republican Chair Roxanne Hoge calls federal immigration operations "political irony" as ICE conducts sweeps amid opposition from Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Of other Democrats eager to win the Valadao seat and showing campaign finance activity, former Assemblymember Rudy Salas, who lost to Valadao in 2024, reported $175,952 on hand, and college professor Randy Villegas had $126,432 available.

Some Democrats are calling on California to redraw its districts as Donald Trump presses for further gerrymandering in Texas.

New state GOP presidential primary rules for 2024 are likely to help Trump win California delegates and make the state less competitive for other Republicans.

Maybe we’ll do it here in California,” he said of Trump’s mandate that Texas Republicans redistrict to win five more GOP seats.

The Republican Party's hopes of winning the state of California may have taken a hit as the proportion of Republicans registering in the state has declined. According to voter registration data, the number of Republicans in the state is falling. Newsweek contacted the California GOP by email for comment.

California has the most GOP delegates of any state. A candidate wins the same number of delegates whether they win the 29K GOP voters in Pelosi's district or the 206K in McCarthy’s.