Patrick Range McDonald

In the too-close-to-call Assembly District 50 contest, Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom has reversed a shrinking lead and now has 218 more votes than Assemblywoman Betsy Butler. Last Friday's count put Bloom up by only 103 votes. The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder won't certify a winner in the race until......

Election season is once again upon the good folks in West Hollywood, where politics is often played as a contact sport. With an exception or two, it's almost always liberal Democrats fighting against liberal Democrats, and the infighting can be quite a hoot. This year, former West Hollywood City Councilman......

In the hotly contested California Assembly District 50 race, which still yet to be called, Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom's lead over Assemblywoman Betsy Butler has shrunk from a little over 200 votes to 103. Every few days, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder updates the AD 50 vote count on......

Take the L.A. Weekly exit poll after the jump. We want to know why you voted for Betsy Butler or Richard Bloom. While Assemblywoman Betsy Butler and Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom wait for election results to be confirmed in the too-close-to-call Assembly District 50 race, the Los Angeles County......

Update, 1:05 p.m.: Bloom campaign releases cautious statement about possibly victory, after the jump. Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom holds on to an extremely slim lead over Assemblywoman Betsy Butler. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Bloom captured 69,280 votes, or 50.08 percent, to Butler's 69,062 votes, or 49.92 percent...

In the California Assembly District 39 race, longtime political aide Raul Bocanegra has won in a landslide over L.A. City Councilman Richard Alarcon -- a one-time political force in the northeast San Fernando Valley. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Bocanegra won 58.5 percent of the vote to Alarcon's 41.5......

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Measure MM and Measure HH have received strong approval from voters. 68 percent of voters supported Measure MM and 76 percent backed Measure HH, according to the Los Angels County Registrar-Recorder web site. Since the measures received over two-thirds support, and barring any changes,......

Governor Jerry Brown got very lucky on election night and pulled off a major win by the seat of his pants, with the Associated Press calling the victory for Brown's Proposition 30. See Also: Measure B Election Results: Porn's Mandatory Condom Initiative Winning See Also: Proposition 37 Election Results: Monsanto......

Update: At 12:42 a.m., with 12 percent of precincts reporting, Bloom leads Butler by 3 percentage points with 51 percent of the vote. In the hotly contested California Assembly District 50 race, Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom is leading Assemblywoman Betsy Butler by nearly 4 percentage points: Bloom with 51.7......