Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census,the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield.
Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County,California,United States. The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km2) near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley,which is located in the Central Valley region.
Nicole M. Parra is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2002 to 2008. A Democrat,she represented the 30th Assembly district,which includes a portion of California's Central Valley.
Karen Ruth Bass is an American politician,social worker and former physician assistant who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010,serving as speaker during her final Assembly term.
Frances Audrey Florez is an American politician from California and a member of the Democratic Party.
Harvey L. Hall was an American businessman and politician who served as the 25th mayor of Bakersfield,California. Hall was first elected in 2000,and re-elected in 2004,2008 and 2012. He was one of the longest-serving mayors in Bakersfield's history. As mayor,one of his focuses had been beautification,through "Keep Bakersfield Beautiful" and the creation of,and participation in,monthly "Mayor's Freeway Cleanups",trash pickups on local freeways. Hall had donated his mayor's salary to the Kern Community Foundation.
Kevin Lee Faulconer is an American politician who served as the 36th mayor of San Diego,California from 2014 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party,Faulconer served as the member of the San Diego City Council for the 2nd district from 2006 to 2014.
Rodolfo "Rudy" Salas is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly from 2012 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented the 32nd Assembly district,which encompasses Kings County and parts of northwestern Kern County. Prior to being elected to the Assembly,he was on the Bakersfield City Council.
The 2016 United States Senate election in California was held on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of California,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Vincent Karchi Fong is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for California's 20th congressional district since 2024. A member of the Republican Party,he previously represented the California's 32nd State Assembly district,encompassing parts of the Central Valley. Prior to his election to the Assembly in 2016,Fong served as district director to then-Minority Leader and Congressman Kevin McCarthy.
Bakersfield,California,held a general election for mayor on June 7,2016 and November 8,2016. It saw the election of Karen Goh.
The 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the mayor of Los Angeles,California. A top-two primary was held on June 7,2022. Candidates could win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote,but no candidate received a majority. More than forty candidates formed committees to run. Twenty-seven filed their declaration of intention to collect signatures for the ballot,and of these twelve qualified.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 8,2022,to elect representatives for the 52 seats in California. This marked the first time in the state's history where it lost a seat.
Bakersfield,California,held a general election for mayor on March 3,2020. It saw the re-election of incumbent Karen Goh.
The 2022 California State Senate election was held on Tuesday,November 8,with the primary election having been held on Thursday,June 7. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with elections for other offices,including the state assembly.
The 2022 Los Angeles elections were held on June 7,2022. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 8,2022. Eight of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while three of the seven seats in the LAUSD Board of Education were up for election. The seat of Mayor of Los Angeles was up for election due to incumbent Eric Garcetti's term limit. The seats of the Los Angeles City Controller and the Los Angeles City Attorney were also up for election,as their incumbents,Mike Feuer and Ron Galperin,were running for mayor and California State Controller respectively.
The 2024 California State Assembly election will be held on Tuesday,November 5,2024,with the primary election being held on March 5,2024. All of the seats of the California State Assembly will be elected as part of the 2024 California elections.
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas is an American politician and a member of the California Senate. A Democrat,she has represented the 28th Senate District since 2022.
The 2024 California's 20th congressional district special election was held on March 19,2024,with a runoff on May 21 because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round. It elected a new member of the United States House of Representatives to replace Kevin McCarthy,who resigned on December 31,2023,following his removal as speaker of the House.
Proposition 36,titled Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes,is a California ballot proposition and legislative statute that will be voted on in the 2024 general election. The proposition,if passed,will repeal parts of Proposition 47,passed during the 2014 general election,and amend the state constitution to increase penalties and allow felony charges for certain crimes.
