It's election day in the 10th Congressional District, as voters pick a replacement for former Democratic Rep. Ellen Tauscher. (She gave up her seat for a gig with the State Department.)
Recent polls and Democrats' 18-point edge in voter registration point to a win for current Lieutenant Gov. John Garamendi , but the GOP is hoping its candidate, Republican businessman David Harmer, can pull off an upset.
Don't look to turnout at the polls to indicate much one way or the other, however. Most of the ballots were expected to be cast by mail.
Click here to read more on the race from Jack Chang.
Supporters on both sides of the Proposition 8 debate are keeping an eye on the political action on the East Coast today.
Voters in Maine are going to the polls to take up Question 1, a measure that will decide whether to repeal a law legalizing same-sex marriages in the state.
It's "breakfast club" at the Willie L. Brown Jr. Institute on Politics and Public Service. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, GOP gubernatorial candidates Tom Campbell and Steve Poizner and Jerry Brown, the sole Democrat currently expected to run for governor, are all scheduled to talk at the San Francisco event.
The 8 a.m. start time might seem early for lawmakers and staffers who spent another late night working on those water policy and bond bills. Jim Sanders and Steve Wiegand have an update on the action in today's Bee.
No need to set your TiVo to catch the governor's appearance on Jay Leno's new 10 p.m. slot -- Schwarzenegger has rescheduled the taping to stick around and work on the water issue, spokesman Aaron McLear says.
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