Monterey County Elections & Politics Articles

MONTEREY COUNTY — Residents of South Monterey County will have the opportunity to shape the future of local education and community services by voting on various measures in the upcoming Presidential General Election on Nov. 5. Following is a brief …

With Election Day approaching Nov. 5, Salinas City Council might experience more of the same direction – or a sharp shift. Five out of seven seats are up for grabs, including the mayor. There are 14 candidates running, only three…

MONTEREY COUNTY — Ballots for the Nov. 5 Presidential General Election have begun mailing as of Oct. 3, and there are a couple of things Monterey County voters should know to get vote ready.

It’s election day! OK, not the actual Election Day, which this year is Nov. 5, hence why I, Pam Marino, am using lowercase “e” and lowercase “d.” Semantics aside, today is the first day that Monterey County Elections opened early…

In more than 30 states, it’s harder than ever to vote this year. But in California, it’s never been easier.

A current member of the Board of Trustees of Carmel Unified School District and candidate for Area 5 has been charged by the Monterey County District Attorney for lying about her residence when she registered to vote and when she…

Pacific Grove is a beautiful place to live, but there are tensions that can make it challenging. Debates over the last several years have exposed fissures between those who want the small town to stay the same and those who…

A meet-and-greet in Salinas at Mountain Mike's Pizza on Tuesday, Oct. 1 for Aurelio Salazar Jr. and Dennis Donohue, who are running for the District 6 city council seat and mayor, respectively, ended in an altercation.

Talk of the Bay host Len Beyea leads a discussion about housing affordability and, in particular, the rent control initiative on California's November ballot, Proposition 33. Participants include Lira Filipini, Rick Longinotti, and Lee Brokaw.
Proposition 33 on the November …

GONZALES — City of Gonzales has placed Measure S on the Nov. 5 Presidential General Election ballot.

As the November election nears and campaigns for elected office heat up, voters in nearly every jurisdiction in Monterey County will also have ballot measures to think about.

There are 24 school districts within Monterey County, and 12 of them are asking voters to approve 14 different bonds in the Nov. 5 election.

KING CITY — Monterey County Elections Department has assigned the letter “T” to the measure on the November ballot requesting a half-cent increase in the King City sales tax.

The United States presidential election has been getting a lot of ink as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaign around the country. But there's a lot at stake locally as well.

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For years the City of Marina has contemplated a bond measure to upgrade its aging facilities. This includes a new city hall, as well as police and fire stations.

Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Peake seemed determined to run for a fourth term—he took out candidate filing papers on the first day of the nomination period, July 15, according to the P.G. City Clerk's office—but about a week later he…

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Elections Office and Monterey County Free Libraries (MCFL) are joining efforts to offer a new program, Books and Ballots: Candidate Filing.

Monterey Peninsula Unified School District’s board voted 6-1, Tuesday, July 23 to include a $340 million bond measure on the November ballot to fund teachers’ housing and facilities upgrades.

MICHAEL TUBBS, THE former mayor of Stockton, will run for lieutenant governor in 2026, according to campaign paperwork filed this week.