The proposal would have levied a one-time 5% tax on Californians with wealth above $1 billion.

Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, who was a congressional candidate, is denying the accusations and says he welcomes an independent investigation.

Rep. Ken Calvert defeated Rep. Young Kim in a redrawn Southern California district that pitted the two Republicans against one another. Calvert was leading his rival by 7 points Monday night when The Associated Press called the race for California’s 40th District with more than 70 percent of the vote in.

The campaign to defeat Proposition 40 was, in the weeks before Election Day, spending $1 million a day to convince voters not to adopt the one-time tax on billionaires' assets.

Democratic challenger Eric Jones leads 27-year incumbent Rep. Mike Thompson by roughly 7,600 votes in California's 4th Congressional District.

Richard Barrera, president of the San Diego Unified school board and the likely next California superintendent of public instruction, leads in 33 of California's 58 counties as of Sunday night. His opponent,

A Northern California judge on Monday permanently barred Shasta County from implementing a voter-approved initiative that sought to dramatically reshape voting in the conservative stronghold.

Gov. Cox was the only river basin governor not on the ballot this year. California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming all elected new governors, while Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs won her reelection.