Assemblymember Evan Low is living outside his state legislative district in Campbell, raising questions about whether the lawmaker -- and now congressional candidate -- has turned his back on the people he was elected to serve.

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Bay Area and California political leaders expressed alarm after former President Donald J. Trump was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13.

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After a controversial congressional recount spurred by dark money, one lawmaker is introducing a bill to mandate automatic recounts for statewide elections with tight margins.

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Congressional candidate and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has quietly dropped his endorsement of Margaret Abe-Koga, who’s running for a seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Liccardo’s campaign hasn’t said why.

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A San Carlos-based doctor who was scheduled for a two-week humanitarian trip to Gaza has finally returned to the Bay Area four weeks after arriving in the war-torn region.

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New financial disclosures are peeling back the curtain on who helped fund the recent Congressional District 16 recount — starting with former New York City Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg.

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After losing his party's endorsement by a single vote, congressional candidate Sam Liccardo is taking aim at the California Democratic Party.

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Pete McCloskey, war hero, former congressman, environmental warrior and founder of a Palo Alto law firm, died at his home in Winters, Calif., on Wednesday. He was 96.

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Silicon Valley congressional candidate Sam Liccardo is facing a complaint with the federal election commission alleging his campaign is coordinating a "dark money" effort to fund a highly-criticized recount in the Congressional District 16 race.

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For the second year in a row, Democrats today voted down a bill that sought to ban homeless encampments near schools, transit stops and other areas throughout California.

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