Debra Bowen

There are 16 candidates in the race for former Rep. Jane Harman's seat in California's 36th Congressional District. But only a few contenders rise to the top. In Wednesday's Los Angeles Times, Jean Merl outlines the race, pointing readers to......

Democrats Janice Hahn and Deborah Bowen were running ahead of the 16-candidate field to replace former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), according to early returns Tuesday night, increasing the likelihood of a first-ever runoff in the state between members...

In a seemingly major upset in the race to replace former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), Republican Craig Huey appears to have captured one of the spots in a July 12 runoff. With all of the election night ballots counted late......

The nail-biting for top finishers in Tuesday's special election to replace former Rep. Jane Harman will continue for at least a few more days, until county elections officials can finish counting an estimated 9,811 remaining ballots. Election-night...

With fewer than 200 votes to be counted, Secretary of State Debra Bowen has slipped further behind Republican businessman Craig Huey in the race to succeed former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice). [Updated at 4:14 p.m. On Thursday afternoon, Bowen conceded.......

The seating arrangement on the dais in the City Council chambers may have changed but the faces haven't. Incumbents Toni Iseman, Kelly Boyd and Elizabeth Pearson were re-installed Tuesday, winners of the 2010 City Council election, bucking a national...

Next week, a gathering of government officials, Hollywood progressives, techno-geeks and Rock the Vote officials will meet in the home of film producer/activist Lawrence Bender to discuss 'open-source voting' and how to achieve reliability and accuracy...

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen today authorized the backer of an initiative that would ban divorce to begin collecting signatures to put the proposed constitutional amendment before voters. John Marcotte now has until March 22, 2010, to collect...

Voters streamed to the polls in November, lining up from before dawn until after nightfall, a tableau of involvement that cheered fans of democracy whether or not they supported the winners. In California, almost 80% of registered voters turned out,...

SACRAMENTO-- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's pledge to avoid signing a state budget unless it includes long-term fiscal reforms has put him in a tight spot. Such steps will require voter approval, but the window for placing additional measures on the Nov. 4...

Two Democratic lawmakers are competing in the June 6 primary to take on Secretary of State Bruce McPherson, the only Republican running for that office, in November. McPherson was appointed to the job last year by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after his...