Former President Donald Trump, fresh off his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, is stumping in California on Friday, first in Los Angeles and then in the Bay Area.

Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot – has been baked into the Golden State’s political system for well over a century, allowing voters to legislate and amend the constitution at the ballot box, placing them on equal footing with state lawmakers.

When longtime Stockton Rep. Jerry McNerney, a Democrat, said he was not going to run for Congress again, Harder announced he would run in the newly-drawn seat. He won by almost 10 percentage points against San Joaquin County Supervisor Tom Patti, a Republican.

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( NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump is speaking at a news conference Friday in Los Angeles ahead of a rally later in Nevada. The Republican nominee is talking from Rancho Palos Verdes, a coastal city southwest of LA, at Trump National Los Angeles golf course.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said all Americans should be alarmed that the former president wants to “block emergency disaster funds to settle political vendettas.”

Former President Trump says Vice President Kamala Harris gave “one of the dumbest answers" at the presidential debate this week when she was asked about inflation.

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To make sure you vote is counted, here are key dates and deadlines for the 2024 general election in California: The 2024 presidential election will be on Tuesday, Nov. 5. California voters can fill out their ballots as soon as they’ve received them via U.S. Postal Service delivery, and then mail them in.

Beachgoers in South Lake Tahoe, California, were surprised to see a bear casually strolling through a popular area and taking a swim.

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California — Former President Donald Trump, speaking at his cliffside golf course overlooking the Pacific Ocean, lambasted California as a hellscape that Vice President Kamala Harris would inflict on the rest of the nation should she win the White House.