After failing to keep pace with California's shifting demographics, the state Republican Party is attempting a revival by revamping its strategy to appeal to the fastest-growing segment of the state's electorate. | Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann drew a rousing reception from Republicans at their California convention on Friday, raising hopes the Tea Party favorite might be able to put a faltering campaign back in gear. | Democrat Janice Hahn has defeated Republican Craig Huey in a bitter contest for a Southern California House seat, preserving her party’s hold on the district and surviving an unusually tough race in a longtime stronghold. | Accusing California lawmakers of pillaging local governments to feed the state’s runaway spending and left-wing policies, one politician is proposing a unique solution: He wants 13 mostly conservative counties to form a separate state of “South California.” | Janice Hahn doubled up on Craig Huey for the last two months of fundraising for the Southern California special House election, according to campaign finance reports provided to POLITICO. | You probably didn't need a Field Poll to know that voters are not happy about Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child. But it never hurts to have the data, and they confirm that indeed the story has destroyed whatever remained of his public standing. | California's ethics commission has rejected a request by Los Angeles Democrats to investigate whether former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger violated state laws during his affair with a housekeeper - a relationship that produced a child he hid from his wife for ... | Gov. Jerry Brown met privately Monday with Los Angeles County supervisors in an effort to ease their concerns about the thousands of state prisoners and parolees poised to flood local jails beginning Saturday. |