Healdsburg is a city located in Sonoma County,California,United States. At the 2020 census,the city had a population of 11,340.
Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman serving since 2019 as the 40th governor of California. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is a rail line and bicycle-pedestrian pathway project in Sonoma and Marin counties of the U.S. state of California. When completed,the entire system will serve a 70-mile (110 km) corridor between Cloverdale in northern Sonoma County and Larkspur Landing in Marin County. In 2023,the system had a ridership of 749,700,or about 3,100 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.
The California Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in Sacramento,the state capital.
California's 2nd senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Mike McGuire of Healdsburg.
Brian Dwain Dahle is an American politician and farmer who has served as a member of the California State Senate from the 1st district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Dahle served as a member of the California State Assembly from the 1st district from 2012 to 2019,and as Assembly minority leader from 2017 to 2018. Before his election to the state legislature,Dahle served on the Lassen County Board of Supervisors from 1997 to 2012.
The 2018 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018. These midterm elections occurred during Incumbent Republican President Donald Trump's first term. Although the Republican Party increased its majority in the Senate,unified Republican control of Congress and the White House was brought to an end when the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives in what was widely characterized as a "blue wave" election as Democrats also gained governorships,other statewide offices,and state legislative chambers.
Jim Wood is an American politician currently serving as Speaker pro Tempore of the California State Assembly since November 2023. He is a Democrat representing the 2nd Assembly District,which encompasses all of Del Norte,Humboldt,Mendocino,and Trinity counties,plus northern and coastal Sonoma County,including the northern half of Santa Rosa.
The 117th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington,D.C.,on January 3,2021,during the final weeks of Donald Trump's first presidency and the first two years of Joe Biden's presidency and ended on January 3,2023.
The 2018 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of California,concurrently with elections for the rest of California's executive branch,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor Jerry Brown was ineligible to run for re-election for a third consecutive term due to term limits from the Constitution of California. The race was between the incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom and businessman John H. Cox,a Republican,who qualified for the general election after placing first and second in the June 5,2018,primary election.
Kevin Patrick Kiley is an American politician,attorney,and former educator serving as the U.S. representative for California's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he represented the 6th district in the California State Assembly from 2016 to 2022. Kiley was one of 53 candidates to replace California governor Gavin Newsom in the voter-initiated recall election on September 14,2021.
The 2018 California State Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,with the primary election being held on June 5,2018. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including for governor and the California State Assembly.
Lena Adriana Gonzalez is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Senate from the 33rd district,which encompasses the Southeast Los Angeles area including Lakewood and Long Beach. Since February 2024,she has served as Majority Leader of the Senate.
The 2021–2022 session is the most recent former session of the California State Legislature. The session first convened on December 7,2020 and ended November 30,2022.
The 2021 California gubernatorial recall election was a special recall election that began in August 2021 and concluded on September 14,2021,when California voters chose not to recall incumbent Democratic governor Gavin Newsom,elected for the term January 2019 to January 2023.
The 2022 California elections took place on November 8,2022. The statewide direct primary election was held on June 7,2022.
Aisha Wahab is an American politician who has been a member of the California State Senate from the 10th district since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she is the first Muslim elected to the California State Senate. Wahab served on the Hayward City Council from 2018 to 2022 and was one of the first Afghan-Americans elected to public office,alongside New Hampshire state representative Safiya Wazir.
The Great Redwood Trail is a proposed multi-use rail-to-trail project connecting San Francisco and Humboldt bays in Northern California. Most of the trail will be built on the rail bed of the defunct Northwestern Pacific Railroad along the Eel River Canyon by the Great Redwood Trail Agency. The southern portion will be built by Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) along their commuter rail line. The trail route is within 5 counties,14 cities and the ancestral territory of many tribes. Some portions have already constructed by local jurisdictions with more being developed in cooperation with local governments.
United States gubernatorial elections are scheduled to be held on November 3,2026,in 36 states and three territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2022,except in New Hampshire and Vermont,where governors serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2024. Many of the states with elections in this cycle have incumbents who are officially term-limited.
The 2023–2024 session is the current session of the California State Legislature. The session first convened on December 7,2022.
