Gene Maddaus

Republican Assemblyman Rocky Chavez announced this morning that he will run against Attorney General Kamala Harris in the race for U.S. Senate. Chavez, 63, is a retired Marine Corps colonel and former Oceanside councilman. He has won a reputation as a moderate, speaking up in support of immigration, gay marriage......

Low turnout was the top citywide issue on Tuesday's ballot, so it's fitting that almost nobody showed up. As of this morning, the city clerk had turnout at 8.6 percent, though that number will creep up as more ballots are counted. With any luck, the final figure will almost touch......

In the end, it wasn't close. Councilman Jose Huizar, who had reason to fear for his political life a few months ago, cruised to re-election on Tuesday, beating back a challenge from former Supervisor Gloria Molina by a 42-point margin. The outcome was by no means inevitable. Back in September,......

Marqueece Harris-Dawson won a seat on the L.A. City Council outright on Tuesday, winning the election to succeed Bernard Parks with a surprising 61 percent of the vote. When he is sworn in on July 1, Harris-Dawson will move the council's center of gravity to the left. Parks has represented......

When former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa backed out of a run for Senate last week, he said that "my heart and my family are here in California." So is his new house. As it turns out, Villaraigosa recently bought a three-bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills for $2.5 million. The......

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has declined to take a position on Charter Amendments 1 and 2, the measures on Tuesday's ballot that would move city and school board elections to even years. Garcetti has said that he can see both sides of the issue. But back when he was running......

It's been a rough week for Citizens for Increased Voter Participation, the committee behind Charter Amendments 1 and 2. First, the committee had to retract a claim that Mayor Eric Garcetti supports the measures, which are intended to boost turnout at city and school board elections by moving them to even years......

The campaign to pass two charter amendments on the March 3 ballot has agreed to withdraw a claim that Mayor Eric Garcetti supports the measures. In a 16-second promotional video, campaign co-chair Kathay Feng claimed that Garcetti has endorsed moving city and school board elections to even years. In fact,......

After more than six weeks of "serious consideration," former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced today that he will not be running for Senate. His exit from the race removes another obstacle for Attorney General Kamala Harris, who remains the only major candidate in the field. "I know that my heart......