Huntington Beach Councilmember Tony Strickland declared victory Monday in the special election race for California’s 36th State Senate District, promising to counter the policies of Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democratic supermajority in the legislature once he joins lawmakers in Sacramento.

If California Democrats select Kamala Harris to be the next governor of the Golden State, she will have won the first effective Democratic primary of the 2028 presidential race. And somewhere, Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown will be muttering, “Wait, what happened?”

A special election will be held June 10, when Huntington Beach voters will decide the fate of two library initiatives.

Voters in Kern and Tulare counties will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide who will fill the vacant 32nd Assembly District seat.

Kamala Harris dominates early California gubernatorial polling at 57% despite not declaring candidacy, creating challenges for other candidates ahead of 2026.

Earlier this month, a California appellate court issued an order in People v. Huntington Beach indicating that California’s intermediate

UC Santa Barbara rose to the top of the statewide campus election competition, as UC San Diego, UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz also took home honors.

The AD-32 seat had been vacant for nearly a year, since now-Congressman Vince Fong left the post to replace Kevin McCarthy in Congress.