11:28 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Tom McClintock wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 5th Congressional District.
11:17 PM: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Voters in heavily Democratic California approved a ballot measure to enshrine the right to abortion and contraception in the state constitution. Other states were also considering measures in Tuesday's general election to regulate reproductive health after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that states could decide whether to allow abortion. Early returns for California’s Proposition 1 show 68% in favor. The measure was expected to pass but supporters said they wanted a large and decisive win to send a message that abortion is safe and legal in California. The California Republican Party and other opponents said the measure was expensive, extreme and unnecessary.
11:10 PM: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Competing measures to allow sports gambling in California have lost big despite the most expensive ballot questions races in U.S. history. Native American tribes and the gaming industry raised nearly $600 million to sway voters in competing efforts to try to capture a piece of a potential billion dollar market in the nation’s most populous state. The dueling measures would have allowed either sports betting at tribal casinos and horse tracks or on mobile devices and online. But California voters did not want a piece of that action. The amount raised more than doubled what Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride and delivery services spent in 2020 to prevent drivers from becoming employees.
11:08 PM: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Californians reject sports gambling by wide margins after most expensive ballot question races in U.S. history.
11:07 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Doris Matsui wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 7th Congressional District.
11:06 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Mike Thompson wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 4th Congressional District.
11:03 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Scott Peters wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 50th Congressional District.
10:54 PM: SAN DIEGO (AP) — Alex Padilla has been elected to his first full term as U.S. senator for California, solidifying his position as a top Latino elected official in the United States and a leading Democratic voice for more expansive immigration laws. On Tuesday, he defeated his Republican opponent, constitutional attorney Mark Meuser, in a rematch similar to their 2018 race for California secretary of state. Padilla resigned during his second term as California secretary of state to become the state’s first Latino U.S. senator. He was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill the unexpired term of Kamala Harris when she became vice president.
10:50 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Mark DeSaulnier wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 10th Congressional District.
10:48 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Robert Garcia wins election to U.S. House in California's 42nd Congressional District.
10:39 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 20th Congressional District.
10:17 PM: A California ballot measure that would raise taxes on the richest residents to help put more electric vehicles on the roads was trailing Tuesday with about one-third of votes counted. Proposition 30 would place a new 1.75% tax on incomes above $2 million, which is estimated to be fewer than 43,000 taxpayers. It would raise billions annually, with most going to help subsidize the purchase of electric vehicles and construction of charging stations. Twenty percent of the money would go toward boosting resources to fight wildfires.
10:12 PM: LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the third time, California voters are poised to reject a ballot measure that would change the way dialysis clinics in the state are run. Proposition 29 would require a doctor, nurse practitioner or physicians’ assistant to be present during treatment at the state’s 600 outpatient dialysis facilities, which provide life-saving care to 80,000 people with kidney failure. With about 29% of ballots counted, Prop. 29 is losing with 68% of the vote Tuesday night. Voters rejected two previous measures. All three were backed by unions representing health care workers, who say it’s a matter of patient safety. Clinic owners say the added cost might force some clinics to close.
9:44 PM: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Developer Rick Caruso and U.S. Rep. Karen Bass are in a tight battle in their contest to become the next mayor of Los Angeles. An early tally of mail-in votes shows the billionaire mall builder and the congresswoman about even. Voters had a stark choice: Caruso is promising a shift to the political right and wants to expand the police department, while the progressive congresswoman could become the first Black woman to hold the job. The contest is playing out with the heavily Democratic city in turmoil. It's been shaken by racism and corruption scandals at City Hall, an unchecked homeless crisis and rising crime rates.
9:30 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Jimmy Panetta wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 19th Congressional District.
9:28 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Zoe Lofgren wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 18th Congressional District.
9:27 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Eric Swalwell wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 14th Congressional District.
9:21 PM: SAN DIEGO (AP) — Californians on Tuesday voted to allow a law banning flavored tobacco products such as menthol cigarettes and strawberry gummy vaping juice to go into effect. With about a quarter of the ballots counted, Proposition 31 won handily with 76.5% of the vote.
9:20 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Jared Huffman wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 2nd Congressional District.
9:17 PM: Democrat Gavin Newsom easily won a second term as California’s governor on Tuesday, beating a little-known Republican state senator by mostly ignoring him while campaigning against the policies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, two leading Republicans who also won reelection and like Newsom may run for president
9:14 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Nancy Pelosi wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 11th Congressional District.
9:11 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Sara Jacobs wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 51st Congressional District.
9:09 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Brad Sherman wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 32nd Congressional District.
9:09 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Nanette Barragan wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 44th Congressional District.
9:09 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Adam Schiff wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 30th Congressional District.
9:08 PM: California voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure backed by a celebrity lineup that included Barbra Streisand and Los Angeles-born rappers will.i.am and Dr. Dre that could pump as much as $1 billion a year from the state’s general fund into arts education.
9:07 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat John Garamendi wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 8th Congressional District.
9:04 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Maxine Waters wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 43rd Congressional District.
9:02 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Ro Khanna wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 17th Congressional District.
8:53 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Barbara Lee wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 12th Congressional District.
8:41 PM: ABC News is reporting that David Valadao is leading in California's 22nd district with 12% of the vote in. Valadao holds 56% of the vote to Salas' 44%. Valadao currently leads by just under 2,000 votes.
8:31 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Alex Padilla wins special election to U.S. Senate in California.
8:01 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Gavin Newsom wins reelection for governor in California.
8:01 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Alex Padilla wins reelection to U.S. Senate from California.