Activity for the 2026 Congressional Election for District 41, which is still 18 months in the future, continued last week. Tim Myers, a lifelong Southern Californian and Grammy-nominated musician-turned-entrepreneur, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in California’s 41st Congressional District. In his press release, Myer wrote, “I was born and raised in Corona –…
The 2024 Congressional Election ended only five months ago. Yet news about 2026 candidates for California’s Congressional District 41 seat (including all the Hill communities) was announced last week. Incumbent Congressman Ken Calvert said he has already raised $1.3 million for the 2026 race. In 2024, when he defeated Democrat Will Rollins for the second…
Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order affecting voting regulations throughout the country. The first part will require documentary, government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship on its voter registration form issued by the Election Assistance Commission. This is intended to address the President’s long-standing opinion that many noncitizens are casting ballots in U.S. elections….
Jeff Gonzalez, the Republican candidate, defeated his Democratic opponent, Jose “Joey” Acuna, by 5 % of the vote in the November election. Gonzalez succeeds Eduardo Garcia as the representative for Assembly District 36, which includes southeast Riverside County (including Garner Valley and Anza) and portions of Imperial and San Bernardino counties. Similarly to AD 47,…
Riverside County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer has announced that early voting for the Nov. 8 consolidated general election will be available leading up to election day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through this Friday, Nov. 4, and Monday, Nov. 7, at the Registrar of Voters office. Voting there also is available from 9…
Diana “De” Eskew easily won election to a full-term as director of the Pine cove Water District. She garnered 171 votes or 45.8 percent of the total. “That makes me feel really good,” she said when told of the results. Fellow Director Tim Lange, he was appointed in July to fill former board president Mike…
Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer urged Riverside County voters today to drop off vote-by-mail ballots before Tuesday, Nov. 4, so that their votes can be among the first results posted right after the polls close. The Registrar advises against returning ballots by mail now. Ballots must reach the registrar by 8 p.m. on Election Day…
Updated 11:15 p.m. About another 21,000 votes have been counted in the past hour. At this point, 141,466 votes have been counted, from about two-thirds of the County’s precincts. This represents about 15.9 percent of registered voters, but half the estimated ballots, according to the Registrar of Voter’s website. Statewide about 40 percent of all…
Two new faces will join the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission in December. Nancy Layton, the leading vote getter, and Rhonda Andrewson will join incumbent Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall on the Commission. Only 22 votes separated the top three candidates. The fourth candidate, former Fire Chief Steve Kunkle finished a distant fourth, 64 votes behind…
Approximately 66,000 vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed to voters starting Monday (July 29) for the Rancho California Water District and Idyllwild Fire Protection District mail ballot election on August 27. Ballots should arrive in mailboxes by the end of the week. To be counted, the Registrar of Voters office must receive the voted ballots by…
