An activist and housing rights advocate urges voters to elect Don Rocha as Santa Clara County supervisor.

Former Congressman Mike Honda is reportedly considering running against San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo in his 2018 bid for re-election.

In this week’s SV411 podcast, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren speaks about her resolution to assess the mental stability of President Donald Trump, as well as who she thinks represents the future of the Democratic Party.

Mugambi Jouet’s new book examines how the growing dark side of “American exceptionalism” has driven the polarization of U.S. politics.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein had been a positive, progressive force in California politics—for her era. But that era is over.

The world will tune in to see the presidential debate between Clinton and Trump. Here are some of the best spots to watch it outside of your living room.

Steve Brown is a special guy. How else to explain his position to allow businesses to discriminate against gay people? Then there’s his voter record.

Several Bay Area bigwigs made cameos in the thousands of leaked Democratic National Committee emails published by Wikileaks.

Things got ugly following the candidate's San Jose rally. Punches were thrown, arrests were made and pro-Trump merchandise was set ablaze.

Two major political adversaries nearly hooked up last week, threatening to disrupt a rivalry in local politics.

What do Tuesday's election results mean for education reform? Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Joseph DiSalvo breaks it down by state, county and district.

Sam Liccardo will not accept a voluntary expenditure limit for the San Jose mayoral runoff. The decision leaves little doubt that the 2014 mayor's race will end up being the most expensive in city history.

Dave Cortese came away with the official backing of county Democrats after every other San Jose mayoral candidate withdrew their application for the endorsement. The vote by the Santa Clara County Central Democratic Committee (DCC) came before Forrest Williams decided to drop out of the race. Williams then threw his support behind the county supervisor in his bid for mayor.

In a near-unanimous vote Thursday, the county’s Democratic Central Committee agreed to move its endorsement decision for the San Jose mayor’s race from April to February. Moving the schedule up a couple months gives the party more time to mobilize a campaign behind its preferred candidate, who many presume to be county Supervisor Dave Cortese.

Mike Honda—Silicon Valley’s globe-trotting, karaoke-singing, hard-partying congressman—has had a charmed career. Now, a well-funded challenger, Ro Khanna, asks whether being likeable is enough, or whether the public expects a lawmaker to work hard, write laws and fight to keep valley industries competitive.

All the votes were counted weeks ago in the District 2 county supervisor race, but the total campaign finance numbers have only recently become available. One thing is clear above all: A staggeringly high amount of money was spent in an election in which a staggeringly low number of people actually voted. But why would the county’s Democratic Party spend so much money on one candidate when there were two viable Democrats on the ballot, especially with so many important races coming up next year?