Billionaire heir Daniel Lurie defeated Mayor London Breed and a crowded field of rivals to win the San Francisco mayoral race, earning his first term leading California’s fourth-largest city. Lurie, a Democrat and political novice, told the Washington Examiner that Breed and his opponents “underestimated not only us, but they underestimated the people of San Francisco and […]

House Democrats have scheduled their leadership elections even as they await election results from across the country that will determine which party attains control of the House. As of Thursday evening, Decision Desk HQ gave Republicans an 85.1% chance of keeping the House. Several seats are still too close to call. House Democratic Caucus Chairman […]

Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) has once again beat a Democrat in California’s 40th Congressional District, which voted for Biden in 2020, topping Joe Kerr, a retired fire captain. Kim beat Kerr with 56.4% of the vote to Kerr’s 43.6%. The Associated Press called the race at 9:09 p.m. with 74% of the vote counted so far. The […]

Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) is publicly encouraging President-elect Donald Trump to stay neutral in next week’s race for majority leader. In repeated TV interviews, Thune has asked that Trump not endorse any of the three candidates running to replace GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Thune is perceived as the marginal front-runner in that […]