Democrat Derek Tran has taken the lead over GOP Rep. Michelle Steel in California's 45th Congressional District with 6% of the vote still uncounted two weeks after the election.

Ten years after passing a sweeping criminal justice reform measure, Californians are backtracking big, and kicking key progressive figures to the curb along the way.

It’s been two weeks since California counties started counting ballots on Election Day, and an estimated 620,000 votes remain to be processed. A handful of counties still have large batches of votes that they have not reported to the California Secretary of State,

The closest House race in the nation is in Southern California, where Representative Michelle Steel is trailing her challenger, Derek Tran, by a tiny margin after more than 307,000 votes have been counted.

Kern and Tulare county taxpayers are on the hook for a special election after Republican Vince Fong won his Congressional seat along with an Assembly seat he no longer wanted.

The full-blown roundup Trump promises would have an immense economic effect on the state, with agriculture arguably the most vulnerable.

Vote-by-mail ballot envelopes are checked to ensure they’re signed and the signature matches the signature on file. If a voter’s signature is missing or does not match the signature on file, California law requires elections officials to notify that voter and give them an opportunity to fix the problem, which can also delay the process.

Four California congressional races remain too close to call, according to the Associated Press, the news organization widely regarded as the most authoritative source for determining determine electoral winners.

Nine of the 16 races that will determine which party controls the House of Representatives are in California. No state takes longer to tally votes.

Nine states have at least one uncalled House race, some of which are so close they are headed to a recount. Then there’s California. About half of the yet-to-be-decided House races are in the state, which has only counted about three-quarters of its votes statewide.

Democratic and Republican activists are asking voters to correct technical errors on their ballots in several close races that could determine control of the House.

Republican Scott Baugh is conceding his race against Democrat Dave Min in a Southern California U.S. House district.