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In her article, The "California Republican Party is Dead; A New Way Must Rise," Kristin Olsen makes the claim that the national Republican Party of today does not live up to its former principles of individual liberties, economic opportunity, and global leadership in education. Until the party distances itself from President Trump's brand of politics, Olsen continues, the Republican option will cease to be viable. There are millions of Republicans like Olsen who are disappointed by the current

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - You may already know that California voter turnout set a recent record for a non-presidential (or midterm) general election, with two thirds of registered California voters casting ballots in 2018. But when you drill down into the absolute numbers in some of these races, you get a better picture of just how unusual an election year 2018 was, and why some of these seats flipped from Republicans to Democrats in a veritable blue wave driven by high turnout. Take the seat held

LOUISIANA - Louisiana Republican Party Chair Louis Gurvich laments the use of the nonpartisan, "jungle primary" system in the state's elections, and is calling on "that hallowed day when the return of closed primaries dawns in Louisiana." Why? Put simply, too many Republicans are running for office. Ironic, no? The race for secretary of state is headed for a December runoff, a race that could have ended with two candidates in the same party advancing to the runoff ballot. It didn't, but Gurvic

DENVER, Colo. - If Denver For Psilocybin canvassers can gather 4,726 signatures in the Mile High City by January 7th, a voter initiated ballot measure to legalize "magic mushrooms" as they're colloquially called will be put to a citywide vote in May of 2019. If the measure makes it onto the ballot and receives enough votes to become law, the Denver Psilocybin Mushroom Decriminalization Initiative would make the possession, consumption, and cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms for adults over the

MIAMI, FLA. - The Miami Heard published an editorial Sunday, stating that Florida should adopt open primary reform as the closed primary "contributes to the deep partisan divide we see in Florida and throughout the nation." Not only that, the Miami Herald understands how crucial the primary process is, as most races end up being decided in the primaries; particularly, in areas that heavily favor one party or another: "On Election Day this month, 22 of Florida’s 27 U.S. House races were won by

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The biggest story in the 2018 election cycle was not what color of wave we saw. It was not President Donald Trump using the Ecuadorian immigrant caravan as a campaign issue. It was not the Democrats’ focus on the president’s behavior while holding the Oval Office. The biggest story in 2018 was the voter revolt against the political status quo. Political and election reform had its most groundbreaking year in half a century, and most media outlets didn’t pay attention. From

IVN Author Wes Messamore and I take the Friday before Thanksgiving to talk about civility in the US, and the ability to forgive and lend a hand to those in distress, exemplified by Republican representative-elect and  Lt. Commander Dan Crenshaw's response to a widely criticized SNL joke, as well as our broad response to help those who have been affected by the California wildfires. In the top news of the week, the results are in for the first US House race to be decided by ranked choice voting,

Senator Ben Hueso represents District 40, a region that incorporates some of San Diego County and all of Imperial County. In January 2017, Hueso was reappointed to serve as Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. The Wildfire Preparedness and Response Legislative Conference Committee passed legislation  SB-901 in August to further address the wildfire crisis and give the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) some direction forward. I sat down with Hueso

Fire doesn’t care whom you voted for, whom you hate, whom you pray to, or the color of your skin. Flames don’t distinguish between those who give charity and those who steal, between those who are “right,” and those who are “wrong.” They don’t have eyes, morality, or a conscience. They don’t see good and bad. They are an equal opportunity destroyer. The wildfires that are raging in California, like all natural disasters, are sadly the great equalizer. They afflict everyone equitably, reminding

Democrats have a supermajority in Sacramento, having won or leading in 58 of the Assembly's 80 districts and could hold as many as 60 or 61 seats after all the ballots are counted. But that far from guarantees legislative wins when you consider the factions taking shape. Three distinct caucuses have created large blocs of votes which will no doubt fight for the direction of California and their respective groups. The Caucuses The Conservative caucus has 24 members and is led by Marie Waldro