Billionaire Tom Steyer and Rep. Eric Swalwell are the latest — and maybe not the last — candidates to jump into the contest. The lack of a prohibitive front-runner signals opportunity.

Ballots cast to approve Prop. 50 outnumbered "no" votes in Fresno, Imperial, Lake, Merced, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Joaquin counties, each of which were carried by Mr. Trump in the last presidential election.

Proposition 50, a measure to temporarily change California's congressional districts, is being voted on by California voters on November 4th, and if passed, it would add five more Democratic seats to the House of Representatives.

It's Election Day in California, as voters across the state turn out for the Prop 50 special election. Get live results after polls close here.

The race for California governor features former presidential wannabes, a county sheriff, two women who could become the first female to hold the office, current and former House members and at least one billionaire.

Did Prop. 50 pass in California? Who won the governor race in New Jersey? See results and analysis as Democrats sweep off-year elections.

The Justice Department will send election monitors to Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Kern and Fresno counties.

OPINION: United Nations monitors will be needed for next year's statewide elections - in June and November - and for the 2028 presidential primaries and election, Joe Mathews writes.

The federal agency that oversees the security of election systems was largely absent from planning before elections this month in several states.

The court ruling came after California voters formally approved a ballot measure that was introduced to counteract Texas' redistricting.