Robert Pullen Miles News Today

A new legislative session kicked off in Sacramento this week after interest groups dumped nearly $78 million in independent expenditures into California Senate and Assembly races in the 2022 election.

As political pundits predicted weeks ago, frontrunners in the state and L.A.-area races emerged victorious in the majority of the election races. 

  Black women running for political office on every level across the state of California showed up strong during the state’s June 7 primary election. They won the minds and the hearts of diverse groups of Californians and drew the numbers they needed to secure spots on the November general election ballot.

The polls are closed, but remember: In California elections, that's just the beginning.

Independent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary. In some races, their strategy is complicated. Story from @CalMatters.

Independent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary. In some races, they are clearly supporting or opposing candidates. In others, the strategy is more complicated.

Independent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary.

Independent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary. In some races, they are clearly supporting or opposing candidates. In others, the strategy is more complicated.

Independent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary.

Independent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary. In some races, they are clearly supporting or opposing candidates. In others, the strategy is more complicated.