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Elections

Latest reporting from the Elections desk.

  • Sonja Shaw, Candidate for California Superintendent 2026

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    Shaw seeks state superintendent post Nov. 3

    Sonja Shaw, president of the Chino Valley Unified School District board, is running for California Superintendent of Public Instruction in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election on a platform of back-to-basics education and parental rights.

  • Portrait of Dr. Shirley Weber outdoors

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    Shirley Weber seeks reelection as California secretary of state

    Democrat Shirley Weber, California's incumbent secretary of state, faces Republican Donald P. Wagner in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, general election, running on a platform of expanding ballot access, election transparency and cybersecurity.

  • Jennifer Hawks

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    Jennifer Hawks seeks California treasurer seat Nov. 3

    Republican Jennifer Hawks, a retired business executive from the Bay Area, faces Democrat Eleni Kounalakis in the Nov. 3, 2026, California Treasurer general election, running on a platform of bond oversight, pension accountability and fiscal transparency.

  • Richard Barrera

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    Barrera seeks California superintendent of public instruction seat

    Richard Andrew Barrera, a San Diego Unified School Board member and former deputy superintendent at the California Department of Education, is running for California superintendent of public instruction in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.

  • Eleni Kounalakis' BallotReady candidate photo.

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    Kounalakis seeks California treasurer seat Nov. 3

    California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, a Democrat, is running for state treasurer in the Nov. 3 general election against Republican Jennifer Hawks, pledging to expand savings programs and reduce state borrowing costs.

  • Donald P. Wagner's BallotReady candidate photo.

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    Wagner seeks California secretary of state seat Nov. 3

    Republican Donald P. Wagner, an Orange County supervisor and former state assemblymember, is running for California secretary of state against Democrat Shirley Weber in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, campaigning on voter ID requirements, voter roll updates and faster vote counting.

  • Tonia Reyes Uranga

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    Uranga seeks Water Replenishment Board Division 3 seat

    Former Long Beach City Council member Tonia Reyes Uranga is running for the Southern California Water Replenishment Board Division 3 seat in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, facing three other candidates in the nonpartisan race.

  • Tracy Burns

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    Tracy Burns seeks water board Division 3 seat Nov. 3

    Tracy Burns, a small businesswoman, is running for the Southern California Water Replenishment Board, Division 3, in the Nov. 3 general election.

  • Alex Villanueva

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    Villanueva challenges Luna for LA County sheriff Nov. 3

    Alex Villanueva, who served as Los Angeles County sheriff from 2018 to 2022, is running again for the office in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election against Robert G. Luna.

  • Mike Murchison

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    Murchison seeks water replenishment board seat Nov. 3

    Mike Murchison, a water preservation consultant from Long Beach, is running for the Southern California Water Replenishment Board Division 3 seat in the Nov. 3 general election.

  • Al Austin

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    Al Austin seeks water board Division 3 seat Nov. 3

    Former Long Beach City Council member Al Austin is running for the Southern California Water Replenishment District Board Division 3 seat in the Nov. 3 general election, citing his budget oversight experience and water policy priorities.

  • Adam Vena

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    Adam Vena seeks Assembly District 41 seat Nov. 3

    Republican Adam C. Vena, a Monrovia sanitation employee, is running for California State Assembly District 41 in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, citing taxes, wildfire recovery and parental rights as top priorities.